Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Proof of concept for long term forecasts of fire suppression workload
Agreement Number:
FIRELFC-5
Agreement Value:
$40,000.00
Agreement Date:
Jan 27, 2020 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
The objective of this Project is to analyse observed data in order to better forecast workload for wildfire management agencies for a time scale larger than fourteen days.
Organization:
Natural Resources Canada
Expected Results:
This Project will increase wildfire knowledge available to agencies. This Project will reduce impacts of wildfires through a better understanding of fires relationship to weather and climate.
Location:
MONTREAL, Quebec, CA H3C 3P8
Reference Number:
115-2019-2020-Q4-08839
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Operating Name:
UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL
Recipient's Legal Name:
UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL
Program:
Wildland Fire Resilience
Program Purpose:
The purpose is to increase the resiliency of Canadian communities to the risks and impacts of natural disasters, and to undertake and implement risk reduction analyses and actions. To ensure that wildfire response agencies are integrated with each other in order to implement an effective wildland fire response program, and, to increase the wildfire knowledge of agencies, communities and individuals, in order to create a culture of wildfire safety and to empower the public to understand risk.