Grants and Contributions

The objective of this Project is to enhance Canadian wildfire response capacity by developing national type 2 firefighter standards, modernizing and integrating data management systems for resource sharing, convert existing classroom material for the basic firefighter crewmember course to a common digital format following CIFFC training standards, and facilitating the exchange of knowledge from outgoing senior staff. As well as to have one national level contract for Business Analyst services for the Provincial/Territorial Information Management Information Technology (IM/IT) requirements gathering in support of the Data Integration Project and the Canadian Wildland Fire Information Framework (CWFIF) Project. Business Analysts will be tasked with collecting business requirements from all Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre member agencies (with the exception of GNWT and Parks Canada which were completed as a pilot project 2019/2020), and to prepare business requirements documentation. The process will be to gather and analyze the business requirements for the Provinces/Territories and compile these into a cohesive set of requirements to guide the development of the Framework and associated services.

To improve understanding of wildfire behaviour within managed forest landscapes.

The Purpose is to enhance existing Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) models.

The objective of the Project is to improve the forecast capacity at short, middle and long-term (weekly to interannual scales) and the predictability of forest fire indices at high resolution (< 4 km) over Eastern Canada (from Ontario eastwards). This will include the work on implementing these results into CFS' seasonal forecasts.

The objective of the Project is to identify landscape configurations that limit wildfire likelihood in order to enhance fire management activities and reduce exposure to wildland fire risk in northern Quebec.

The objective of this Project is to develop a 3D modeling tool that will allow users to better visualize risks of wildfire impacts on communities.

The objective of this Project is to adapt methods of mapping water extent for use in Google Earth Engine imagery and apply to pilot project study areas, assemble a database of spatio-temporal trends in surface water prior to peat fires and in similar non-burned peatlands, and to test time series analysis methods for their ability to determine the temporal conditions in surface water that occurs before peat fires, and link this to risk of fire.

The objective of this project is to use three data collection methods to increase understanding of occupational resiliency in relation to Indigenous wildland firefighters, and to promote cultural safety using the experiences of Indigenous firefighters across Canada.

The objective of this Project is to address a gap in the technology currently used in the management and reporting of Wildfire weather in the Maritime provinces. New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia require improvements to enhance their weather reporting capabilities. The new system will enhance the quality of weather data, produce several tabular reports, maps, and implement GIS capabilities to inform the public and other agencies of current and forecast fire hazard, for days at a time. This technology will better increase the ability of agencies to better manage the risk associated with wildfires and other natural hazards.

The objective of this Project is to document First Nations wildland fire stewardship knowledge of the Cree, Dene and Dakota cultural groups in Northern Saskatchewan. To enhance community capacity to research, mitigate wildfire incidence and risk on their own terms, and to generate best practices in order to inform provincial wildland fire management policies, operations and science. The Proponent will assemble First Nations wildland fire knowledge in Northern Saskatchewan. This initiative will increase community capacity to prepare for and respond to extreme wildfire events and improve services provided by wildfire management and emergency response. It will protect forest resources and communities by helping First Nations assert authority and jurisdiction on their traditional territories.