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

Sep 01, 2010, 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
ONForecast wx will reduce fire hazard across the province.
QCAll resources requests will be evaluated based on the current situation in Quebec.
A Last 24 Hours
All Fires
LTG HUM TOT
BC11
YT0
AB123
NT0
SK0
MB0
ON112
QC347
NL11
NB33
NS0
PE0
PC0
Total 6 11 17
B Full Response
Burning Totals
OC UC TOT OUT TOT Hectares
BC19113132BC13731505245,571.00
YT55YT424752.32
AB1717AB1689170683,396.24
NT415NT8792141,240.26
SK0SK33433415,363.62
MB134MB48548987,530.00
ON224ON83684010,717.30
QC77QC661668256,774.90
NL22NL444646.40
NB44NB161165149.10
NS0NS291291461.00
PE0PE224.80
PC44PC6367284.37
Total 26 158 184 Total 6068 6252 841,591.31
C Modified Response
ACT OUT TOT Hectares
BC686876,796.00
YT34539155,809.44
AB0
NT3988127179,473.28
SK232132361,761,864.68
MB22588062,630.00
ON838464,268.40
QC2272995,837.50
NL44769.70
NB0
NS0
PE0
PC268345,888.50
Total 222 441 663 2,343,337.50
D Grand Totals
Fires Hectares
BC1573322,367.00
YT86155,861.76
AB170683,396.24
NT219320,713.54
SK5701,777,228.30
MB569150,160.00
ON88614,985.70
QC697352,612.40
NL50816.10
NB165149.10
NS291461.00
PE24.80
PC1016,172.87
Total 6915 3,184,928.81
E Prescribed Fires
ACT OUT Total Hectares
BC0
YT0
AB14141,480.42
NT0
SK0
MB0
ON3369.80
QC1130.00
NL11200.00
NB0
NS0
PE0
PC882,049.00
Total 0 27 27 3,829.22
F Agency Preparedness Level For Today
Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5
Agency Fire HazardLowLow - ModMod - HighHigh - ExExtreme
Current Fire LoadLowLow - ModMod - HighHighHigh - Ex
Anticipated Load (7 Days)LowModerateHighHigh - HeavyHeavy
Agency Resource LevelsAdequateAdequateSome AssistanceAssistance Req.Inadequate
CIFFC request for Mutual Aid Response LevelExcellentGoodMod - PoorPoor - NilNil
Potential for international assistancenilnilnilIncreasingConsideration
APL
BC 2
YT
AB 1
NT 1
SK 1
MB 1
ON 1
QC 1
NL 2
NB 2
NS 2
PE
PC 1
G
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/20100902
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
ABOverall downtrend across the province.
MBResources adequate.
ONResources adequate for expected fire arrivals.
I Prediction of Fire Occurrence
Lightning Human
BC202
SK0-10-1
MB0-10-1
ON1-30-2
QC1-31-3
NL01-2
NB2
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
BC122012
AB2
ON1
QC21
Total 14 24 12 0
L 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
   Sustained Action198198
   Incident Mgmt Team2727
   Overhead4040
Equipment
   Pump Kits6961002798
   Hose1648042916909
   Pulaski0
   Sprinkler heads500500
   Chainsaw c/w kits2828
   Shovel0
   Axe0
   Relay Tank5555
Aircraft
 
Resource Mobilization: From
BC YT AB NT SK MB ON QC NL NB NS PE PC CIFFC US Total
Personnel
   Sustained Action17820198
   Incident Mgmt Team19827
   Overhead3521321540
Equipment
   Pump Kits2146480170798
   Hose429192011560300016909
   Pulaski0
   Sprinkler heads400100500
   Chainsaw c/w kits2828
   Shovel0
   Axe0
   Relay Tank5555
Aircraft
Compact Agreement Mobilization
To Resources From
O Resource Demobilization
To Resources From
NT1/21p Type 1 Sustained Action Crew
1/20p Type 1 Sustained Action Crew
2 Division Supervisors
2 Agency Representatives
BC
ON4/20p Type 1 Sustained Action Crews
1 Fire Fighter
1 Agency Representative
BC
Compact Agreement Demobilization
To Resources From
P Resource Availability Report
BC YT AB NT SK MB ON QC NL NB NS PE PC US Total
Personnel
   Overhead347
Equipment
   Value protection unit11
   Mobile whse22
   Relay Tank44
   Pump Kits10101535
   Hose5005003201320
   00
Aircraft
   Skimmer4/4152/2151/802
Mentoree
From Position

United States:
Fire Activity: 85 fires for 419.25 hectares during the last 24 hours

Year to Date Fires 43,293
Year to Date Hectares 1,057,284.95



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
2009 2010 2009 2010
BC 2,744 1,573 BC 220,526 322,367
YT 118 86 YT 294,907 155,862
AB 1,419 1,706 AB 64,272 83,396
NT 41 219 NT 2,055 320,714
SK 481 570 SK 37,748 1,777,228
MB 141 569 MB 2,691 150,160
ON 334 886 ON 20,622 14,986
QC 441 697 QC 122,643 352,612
NL 166 50 NL 52,593 816
NB 174 165 NB 244 149
NS 160 291 NS 930 461
PE 0 2 PE 0 5
PC 122 101 PC 36,732 6,173
Total 6,341 6,915 Total 855,963 3,184,929
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 1,459 1,595 1,498 1,759 1,407 BC 81,115 86,372 67,141 55,428 44,342
YT 76 91 110 124 99 YT 127,514 229,405 213,627 191,552 153,241
AB 1,107 1,089 1,000 972 777 AB 68,897 134,124 156,259 121,708 97,366
NT 127 156 185 234 187 NT 137,269 146,707 432,358 487,261 389,809
SK 328 458 531 567 453 SK 319,006 310,914 391,044 368,229 294,583
MB 264 422 442 436 349 MB 65,771 100,758 158,981 170,807 136,645
ON 911 866 1,078 1,117 894 ON 24,870 61,985 146,042 152,137 121,710
QC 642 616 729 724 579 QC 285,372 245,701 302,918 266,436 213,149
NL 93 129 136 134 107 NL 18,917 25,410 24,664 30,835 24,668
NB 209 242 288 327 262 NB 271 290 444 1,072 858
NS 208 234 267 296 237 NS 750 637 666 726 580
PE 10 12 15 18 14 PE 21 17 41 47 37
PC 81 87 78 79 63 PC 64,574 68,810 53,969 44,966 35,973
Total 5,515 5,996 6,359 6,786 5,429 Total 1,194,347 1,411,130 1,948,153 1,891,203 1,512,963