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Title:

Improvement of monthly to seasonal and interannual fire weather forecasts

Agreement Number:

FIRELFC-15

Agreement Value:

$323,150.00

Agreement Date:

Oct 16, 2020 - Mar 31, 2023

Description:

The objective of the Project is to improve the forecast capacity at short, middle and long-term (weekly to interannual scales) and the predictability of forest fire indices at high resolution (< 4 km) over Eastern Canada (from Ontario eastwards). This will include the work on implementing these results into CFS' seasonal forecasts.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

This project will be directly contributing to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS) on the improvement of seasonal forecast, and will develop a forecast model for the fire season onset across Canada. This project will develop multiple time scales (14 days to above-annual) forecasts of fire conducive conditions, helping national and provincial agencies in making better-informed decisions regarding current season resources exchanges and above-annual (next season) pre-suppression investments

Location:

MONTRÉAL, Quebec, CA H3C 3P8

Reference Number:

115-2020-2021-Q3-09763

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:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Recipient's Legal Name:

UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL

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.