Title:
Enhancing Canadian Wildfire Response Capacity and Online Training, and Provincial/Territorial Business Requirements Gathering
Agreement Number:
FIRENFC-1
Agreement Value:
$1,291,141.00
Agreement Date:
Aug 9, 2019 - Mar 31, 2023
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, convert existing classroom material for the basic firefighter crewmember course to a common digital format following CIFFC training standards, and facilitating the exchange of knowledge from outgoing senior staff. As well as to have one national level contract for Business Analyst services for the Provincial/Territorial Information Management Information Technology (IM/IT) requirements gathering in support of the Data Integration Project and the Canadian Wildland Fire Information Framework (CWFIF) Project. Business Analysts will be tasked with collecting business requirements from all Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre member agencies (with the exception of GNWT and Parks Canada which were completed as a pilot project 2019/2020), and to prepare business requirements documentation. The process will be to gather and analyze the business requirements for the Provinces/Territories and compile these into a cohesive set of requirements to guide the development of the Framework and associated services.
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:
115-2020-2021-Q2-09692
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Additional Information:
Amendment: Description / Value / Award previously disclosed for the 2nd Quarter of 2020-2021. Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.
Amendment Date
Sep 17, 2020
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.