Grants and Contributions:

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Title:

Enhancing Canadian Wildfire Response Capacity

Agreement Number:

FIRENFC-1

Agreement Value:

$1,002,050.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 9, 2019 - Mar 31, 2022

Description:

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, and facilitating the exchange of knowledge from outgoing senior staff.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

This Project will contribute to an increase in capacity to respond to wildland fire events in Canada. This Project will enhance the safety of Canadians in the delivery of a coordinated deployment of resources in response to wildland fire events.

Location:

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, CA R3H 1H9

Reference Number:

115-2019-2020-Q2-08329

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Other

Additional Information:

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

Recipient's Operating Name:

Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre

Recipient's Legal Name:

CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE INC.

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.