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Title:

Assessment of wildfire impacts at the wildland urban interface

Agreement Number:

FIRLELFC-17

Agreement Value:

$250,000.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 19, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023

Description:

The project aims to develop methodologies and tools to fill the knowledge gap in the impact component in wildfire risk assessment of structures at wildlandfire urban interface (WUI) in Canada.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

The outcomes of this project will provide better guidance for land management by proposing tools and guidelines about WUI structures vulnerability to appropriately undertake quantitative wildfire risk assessments.

Location:

MONTRÉAL, Quebec, CA H3C 1K3

Reference Number:

115-2020-2021-Q4-10319

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Academia

Additional Information:

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

Recipient's Operating Name:

Ecole de technologie supériieure

Recipient's Legal Name:

ECOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE

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.