Situation Report - May 21, 2013

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

May 21, 2013, 15:00 Hours

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
BC	Experiencing significant rain for the next 3-5 days.
ON	There are currently 2 active fires in the province with no issues or concerns.
QC	All resource requests will be evaluated based on the current fire situation in Québec.

A	Last 24 Hours
		All Fires
		LTG	HUM	TOT
	BC		1	1
	YT			0
	AB	1	91	92
	NT			0
	SK		7	7
	MB		9	9
	ON		1	1
	QC		1	1
	NL			0
	NB			0
	NS			0
	PE			0
	PC	2		2
	Total	3	110	113

B	Full Response
	Burning				Totals
		OC	UC	TOT		OUT	TOT	Hectares
	BC	2	64	66	BC	149	215	3,662.00
	YT			0	YT	1	1	0.50
	AB		24	24	AB	417	441	2,119.07
	NT			0	NT		0	0.00
	SK		7	7	SK	84	91	534.60
	MB	2	14	16	MB	19	35	462.00
	ON	1	1	2	ON	124	126	207.90
	QC			0	QC	212	212	194.90
	NL			0	NL	24	24	24.30
	NB			0	NB	298	298	732.60
	NS			0	NS	137	137	276.00
	PE			0	PE		0	0.00
	PC		2	2	PC	1	3	4,402.00
	Total	5	112	117	Total	1466	1583	12,615.87

C	Modified Response
		ACT	OUT	TOT	Hectares
	BC			0
	YT			0
	AB			0
	NT	1		1	100.00
	SK		11	11	1,238.10
	MB		3	3	3.00
	ON			0
	QC			0
	NL			0
	NB			0
	NS			0
	PE			0
	PC			0
	Total	1	14	15	1,341.10

D	Grand Totals
		Fires	Hectares
	BC	215	3,662.00
	YT	1	0.50
	AB	441	2,119.07
	NT	1	100.00
	SK	102	1,772.70
	MB	38	465.00
	ON	126	207.90
	QC	212	194.90
	NL	24	24.30
	NB	298	732.60
	NS	137	276.00
	PE	0	0.00
	PC	3	4,402.00
	Total	1598	13,956.97

E	Prescribed Fires
		ACT	OUT	Total	Hectares
	BC			0
	YT			0
	AB		26	26	2,139.21
	NT			0
	SK		1	1	100.00
	MB			0
	ON			0
	QC			0
	NL			0
	NB			0
	NS			0
	PE			0
	PC	5	3	8	158.00
	Total	5	30	35	2,397.21

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	2
NT	2
SK	2
MB	2
ON	1
QC	1
NL	1
NB	1
NS	1
PE
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/20130522
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
ON	Substantial precipitation across the province, except for the far North which continues to dry out.

I	Prediction of Fire Occurrence
		Lightning	Human
	BC	0	8
	SK	2-5	3-5
	MB	0	1-3
	ON	0	1-4

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
	BC	1		2
	AB	5	42	17
	SK	1	3	2
	MB	1	3	1
	Total	8	48	22	0

Possibility of Resource Requirements

Outstanding Resource Requests

For

Resources

M	Past 24 Hours Mobilization
	To	Resources	From

Resource Mobilization: To

CIFFC

Total

Personnel

Overhead

Equipment

Hose

200

Aircraft

Resource Mobilization: From

CIFFC

Total

Personnel

Overhead

Equipment

Hose

200

Aircraft

Compact Agreement Mobilization

To	Resources	From

O	Resource Demobilization
	To	Resources	From

Compact Agreement Demobilization

To	Resources	From

Resource Availability Report

Total

Personnel

Initial Attack 3p

Sustained Action 20p

Incident Mgmt Team 19p

Overhead

Equipment

Pump Kits

100

Hose

1000

2000

Aircraft

Skimmer

2/215

2/415

Birddog

1/BD

Trainee
From	Position

United States:
Fire Activity: 91 fires for 834.87 hectares during the last 24 hours

Year to Date Fires	16,436
Year to Date Hectares	88,998.47

US Preparedness Level

Level 1 Description:
No large fire activity nationally.
Most Geographic Areas have low to moderate fire danger.
Little or no commitment of National Resources.

Duty Officer:	Dave Bokovay
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
	2012	2013		2012	2013
BC	179	215	BC	1,174	3,662
YT	2	1	YT	1	0
AB	390	441	AB	3,368	2,119
NT	1	1	NT	0	100
SK	86	102	SK	581	1,773
MB	88	38	MB	17,436	465
ON	299	126	ON	13,253	208
QC	201	212	QC	2,311	195
NL	25	24	NL	1,464	24
NB	229	298	NB	324	733
NS	214	137	NS	694	276
PE	5	0	PE	9	0
PC	7	3	PC	400	4,402
Total	1,726	1,598	Total	41,015	13,957

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	208	221	229	240	192	BC	1,948	1,736	1,561	1,463	1,170
YT	4	5	6	8	7	YT	1	6	57	79	63
AB	472	425	366	319	255	AB	62,894	33,615	43,197	32,900	26,320
NT	2	2	2	2	2	NT	1	32	24	19	15
SK	131	111	135	129	103	SK	4,283	2,987	6,341	8,328	6,663
MB	79	93	113	105	84	MB	6,149	5,905	8,531	7,108	5,686
ON	193	188	201	223	178	ON	3,392	5,365	17,437	13,669	10,936
QC	141	165	188	172	137	QC	957	4,824	3,743	2,856	2,285
NL	27	27	33	28	22	NL	399	278	374	291	233
NB	111	138	137	131	104	NB	140	208	218	197	157
NS	148	155	140	138	111	NS	485	559	511	453	362
PE	1	1	2	2	2	PE	3	3	6	6	5
PC	11	11	10	9	7	PC	4,684	2,680	1,852	1,413	1,130
Total	1,528	1,540	1,561	1,506	1,205	Total	85,337	58,198	83,851	68,780	55,024