Natural Resources Canada
www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Key Fire Links
Canadian Forest Fire Management Agencies
Forest fire management is under provincial/territorial jurisdiction (with the exception of the Yukon Territory) with operational fire-control services and coordination of resource-sharing provided by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Parks Canada is responsible for forest fire management in our National Parks. Specific information on fire conditions can be obtained from the appropriate agency listed below. CIFFC is also is the principal source for the statistics used in preparing the weekly National Forest Fire Situation Report.
- CIFFC - Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Parks Canada
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec - SOPFEU (Société de protection des forêts contre le feu)
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
USA Fire Agencies
- Bureau of Land Management
- Missoula Fire Lab
- National Interagency Fire Center
- US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Fire Systems and General Information
- FERIC Wildland Fire Operations Research Group, Hinton
- Fire Information Systems
- CWFIS (Canadian Wildland Fire Information System
- SEAFDRS (Southeast Asia Fire Danger Rating System)
- Mexico Fire Weather Information System
- Forest Fire Statistics in Canada (National Forestry Database Program)
- Partners in Protection
- Emergency Management (in Canada)
- Forest Fires: Forces of Nature - part of CBC's Indepth Series
- Initial Attack (published by Bombardier Aerospace)
Fire Education/Training
- Alberta's Hinton Training Centre
- CBC Archives Series - Fighting Forest Fires
- Sir Sandford Fleming College
- University of Alberta - Forest Fire Science and Management Program
- University of Toronto - Fire Management Systems Laboratory
- Wildfire Specialists Training (Ontario)
- Wildfire.ca