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Title:
Online open application for mapping fire risk in the wildland urban interface and increasing community resilience to wildfires
Agreement Number:
FIREGLC-16
Agreement Value:
$75,000.00
Agreement Date:
Nov 2, 2020 - Mar 31, 2022
Description:
The objective of this Project is to create an online mapping application to display the current fire hazard exposure of individual properties, based on the guiding principles of FireSmart
Organization:
Natural Resources Canada
Expected Results:

The Project will contribute to enhance the resilience of Canadian forest-based communities, by increasing their awareness to fire hazard exposure and potential negative impacts for their living environment. This Project promotes the use of online applications for disseminating a high level of information to the public and stakeholders about wildfire exposure and mitigation strategies.

Location:
CALGARY, Alberta, CA T2A 2P6
Reference Number:
115-2020-2021-Q3-09800
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Additional Information:

Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

Recipient's Operating Name:
METIS NATION ALBERTA ASSOCIATION REGION 3
Recipient's Legal Name:
METIS NATION ALBERTA ASSOCIATION REGION 3
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.