Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Severe Fire Occurrence Prediction Project
Agreement Number:
GC-129727S
Agreement Value:
$18,000.00
Agreement Date:
Feb 10, 2020 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
The Project will develop a national data set to facilitate implementation of fire occurrence models in the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS).
Organization:
Natural Resources Canada
Expected Results:
Improved decisions regarding the positioning, contracting, and sharing of resources between fire management agencies in Canada.
Location:
GUELPH, Ontario, CA N1G 2W1
Reference Number:
115-2019-2020-Q4-08920
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Legal Name:
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
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.