Situation Report - Sep 21, 2011

Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre Inc.
National Wildland Fire Situation Report

Sep 21, 2011, 15:00 Hours

NOTE: The report for September 21st, 2011 will be the last national report produced for the season.

National Preparedness Level:	Level 1
Description:	No large wildland fire activity nationally. Most Agencies have low fire hazard, load and potential. Little or no national mobilizations. No weekly teleconference scheduled. ** If the situation builds a call will be scheduled and noted on the SitRep (Wednesday 11:00 CDT).

Prov	Agency Operational Summary

A	Last 24 Hours
		All Fires
		LTG	HUM	TOT
	BC			0
	YT			0
	AB			0
	NT			0
	SK			0
	MB			0
	ON			0
	QC			0
	NL			0
	NB			0
	NS			0
	PE			0
	PC			0
	Total	0	0	0

B	Full Response
	Burning				Totals
		OC	UC	TOT		OUT	TOT	Hectares
	BC		21	21	BC	556	577	1,017.00
	YT			0	YT	23	23	103.50
	AB		11	11	AB	1067	1078	940,067.38
	NT	1	1	2	NT	74	76	47,546.93
	SK		3	3	SK	215	218	51,934.38
	MB		2	2	MB	247	249	3,776.00
	ON	4	9	13	ON	1103	1116	94,679.40
	QC		1	1	QC	269	270	2,405.30
	NL			0	NL	44	44	176.00
	NB			0	NB	75	75	39.20
	NS			0	NS	117	117	135.46
	PE			0	PE	1	1	1.30
	PC			0	PC	44	44	1,293.11
	Total	5	48	53	Total	3835	3888	1,143,174.96

C	Modified Response
		ACT	OUT	TOT	Hectares
	BC	6		6	11,171.00
	YT	30		30	39,692.83
	AB			0
	NT		129	129	342,206.83
	SK	2	62	64	313,995.82
	MB	3	23	26	80,607.00
	ON	33	104	137	538,345.70
	QC		18	18	10,029.60
	NL		8	8	425.00
	NB			0
	NS			0
	PE			0
	PC	8	13	21	83,641.65
	Total	82	357	439	1,420,115.43

D	Grand Totals
		Fires	Hectares
	BC	583	12,188.00
	YT	53	39,796.33
	AB	1078	940,067.38
	NT	205	389,753.76
	SK	282	365,930.20
	MB	275	84,383.00
	ON	1253	633,025.10
	QC	288	12,434.90
	NL	52	601.00
	NB	75	39.20
	NS	117	135.46
	PE	1	1.30
	PC	65	84,934.76
	Total	4327	2,563,290.39

E	Prescribed Fires
		ACT	OUT	Total	Hectares
	BC			0
	YT			0
	AB		30	30	3,339.67
	NT			0
	SK			0
	MB			0
	ON	1	2	3	425.70
	QC			0
	NL		1	1	100.00
	NB			0
	NS			0
	PE			0
	PC	5	7	12	2,448.15
	Total	6	40	46	6,313.52

Agency Preparedness Level For Today

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Agency Fire Hazard	Low	Low - Mod	Mod - High	High - Ex	Extreme
Current Fire Load	Low	Low - Mod	Mod - High	High	High - Ex
Anticipated Load (7 Days)	Low	Moderate	High	High - Heavy	Heavy
Agency Resource Levels	Adequate	Adequate	Some Assistance	Assistance Req.	Inadequate
CIFFC request for Mutual Aid Response Level	Excellent	Good	Mod - Poor	Poor - Nil	Nil
Potential for international assistance	nil	nil	nil	Increasing	Consideration

	APL
BC	1
YT	1
AB	1
NT	1
SK	1
MB	1
ON	2
QC	1
NL	1
NB	1
NS	1
PE	1
PC	2

Current and Forecasted Weather Sites

Forecasted Fire Weather Index for Tomorrow (Hot Link to the CWFIS Fire Danger Map courtesy of the CFS NoFC)
http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/en_CA/fwmaps/fwi/20110922
Current and Forecasted Weather (Hot Link to the AES Weather site)
http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html

H	Comment on Preparedness Planning

I	Prediction of Fire Occurrence
		Lightning	Human
	SK	0	0-1
	ON	0-2	0-2
	NL	0	0-2
	NS		0-1

J	Priority Wildland Fires (Status and Comments)
		Fire #	Lat	Long	Size (ha)	Resources Committed	Comments (forecast control etc.)

K	Casual Hire Helicopters
		Light	Intermediate	Medium	Heavy
	AB	1	8
	ON		2	2
	Total	1	10	2	0

Possibility of Resource Requirements

Outstanding Resource Requests

For

Resources

M	Past 24 Hours Mobilization
	To	Resources	From

N	Resource Mobilization: To
	BC	YT	AB	NT	SK	MB	ON	QC	NL	NB	NS	PE	PC	CIFFC	US	Total
Personnel
Overhead															1	1
Initial Attack															12	12
Equipment
Pump Kits			8				230									238
Hose			539				1427									1966
Sprinkler heads																0
Relay Tank			1													1
Pulaski							200									200
Chainsaw c/w kits							100									100
Tents							100									100
Aircraft
Skimmer															2	2
Landbased															5	5
Birddog															4	4

Resource Mobilization: From
	BC	YT	AB	NT	SK	MB	ON	QC	NL	NB	NS	PE	PC	CIFFC	US	Total
Personnel
Overhead	1															1
Initial Attack	12															12
Equipment
Pump Kits	134						4	100								238
Hose	1820						146									1966
Sprinkler heads																0
Relay Tank							1									1
Pulaski	200															200
Chainsaw c/w kits								100								100
Tents			50			50										100
Aircraft
Skimmer						2										2
Landbased	2		1		2											5
Birddog	1		1		1	1										4

Compact Agreement Mobilization

To	Resources	From

O	Resource Demobilization
	To	Resources	From
	YT	1 Pump Mechanic	ON
	NL	1 Pump Mechanic	ON

Compact Agreement Demobilization

To	Resources	From

Resource Availability Report

Total

Personnel

Overhead

Equipment

Aircraft

Mentoree
From	Position

United States:
Fire Activity: 104 fires for 750.69 hectares during the last 24 hours

Year to Date Fires	58,861
Year to Date Hectares	3,102,731.13

US Preparedness Level

Level 2 Description:
One Geographic Area experiencing high fire danger.
Wildland fire activity is occurring and a potential exists for escapes to larger (project) fires.
Minimal mobilization of resources from other Geographic Areas is occurring.
The potential exists for mobilizing additional resources from other Geographic Areas.

Duty Officer:	Dick Bon
CIFFC:	24 hours	ciffc@ciffc.ca
	204-784-2030	www.ciffc.ca

Summary of the Total Fires and Hectares to Date compared to the Last Year fire season

Fires			Hectares
	2010	2011		2010	2011
BC	0	583	BC	0	12,188
YT	0	53	YT	0	39,796
AB	0	1,078	AB	0	940,067
NT	0	205	NT	0	389,754
SK	0	282	SK	0	365,930
MB	0	275	MB	0	84,383
ON	0	1,253	ON	0	633,025
QC	0	288	QC	0	12,435
NL	0	52	NL	0	601
NB	0	75	NB	0	39
NS	0	117	NS	0	135
PE	0	1	PE	0	1
PC	0	65	PC	0	84,935
Total	0	4,327	Total	0	2,563,289

Fires						Hectares
	5 yr avg	10 yr avg	15 yr avg	20 yr avg	25 yr avg		5 yr avg	10 yr avg	15 yr avg	20 yr avg	25 yr avg
BC	816	1,250	1,309	1,560	1,248	BC	32,126	68,817	54,387	47,297	37,837
YT	36	74	93	112	89	YT	31,037	227,312	197,040	186,618	149,295
AB	614	903	888	871	697	AB	44,073	126,294	143,737	127,864	102,291
NT	68	126	170	222	177	NT	99,755	133,460	260,317	514,777	411,821
SK	172	376	468	515	412	SK	275,093	299,214	282,539	359,296	287,437
MB	208	390	407	423	338	MB	71,785	102,703	111,392	203,312	162,650
ON	666	912	1,037	1,139	911	ON	37,735	71,820	112,683	149,089	119,271
QC	312	566	664	704	563	QC	93,521	230,689	252,553	260,297	208,238
NL	35	95	122	121	97	NL	2,940	11,656	27,697	30,625	24,500
NB	155	223	270	324	259	NB	214	259	420	789	631
NS	124	205	239	274	219	NS	463	508	585	632	506
PE	8	10	14	17	14	PE	13	15	39	43	34
PC	68	80	78	76	61	PC	57,370	68,096	53,635	44,529	35,623
Total	3,282	5,208	5,757	6,357	5,086	Total	746,126	1,340,842	1,497,023	1,925,166	1,540,133