Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to take FireSmart action in your community. Applications are now open for Wildfire Community Preparedness Day 2019
Applications for Wildfire Community Preparedness Day 2019 will be accepted until March 9th. Each award recipient will also receive an event box that is full of FireSmart items and products to help support your FireSmart work bee or education event. Apply today
Wildfire Hazard Identification Tool (WHIT)
The Wildfire Hazard Identification Tool (WHIT) is intended to help employers in Alberta determine if a wildland fire hazard exists near a current or planned worksite that could compromise the health and safety of employees working there if a wildland fire were to affect the area.
Now is the right time to go back and check all winter burn sites to make sure they are completely out
Winter burning is a common way to remove woody debris in our Forest Area. Please remember snow and cold temperatures will not put out a fire. In fact, a fire that is not properly extinguished can smolder until spring, when it can reignite as a wildfire.
Wildfires like these are sleeping giants, waiting to takeoff when dry grasses are available to carry them on windy spring days. If you have concerns with a burn you are completing or you would like to report a winter burn location, please call our office (780) 538-5560
Kelly Burke | Wildfire Information Officer
Mobile: (780) 832 7235
kelly.burke@gov.ab.ca
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