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Annual fire weather report

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Each annual report summarizes the fire season from a synoptic weather perspective, highlighting the weather conditions that lead up to extreme fire danger. Changes to the weather section and new... More ≫

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Each annual report summarizes the fire season from a synoptic weather perspective, highlighting the weather conditions that lead up to extreme fire danger. Changes to the weather section and new instruments being implemented are also covered. The reports are produced by meteorologists from the Alberta Wildfire Coordination Centre.

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Land use, climate change and ecological responses in the Upper North Saskatchewan and Red Deer River Basins : a scientific assessment

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To inform future land use planning in the Eastern Slopes of west-central Alberta, a review was conducted of key land use stressors and expected ecological responses. Altered fire regimes, forest... More ≫

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To inform future land use planning in the Eastern Slopes of west-central Alberta, a review was conducted of key land use stressors and expected ecological responses. Altered fire regimes, forest harvesting, and linear disturbances are key stressors that, along with climate, and other environmental drivers, affect wildlife, hydrology, and other valued ecosystem attributes. The current status of each stressor in the study area was characterized from geospatial and other environmental datasets, expected ecological responses were summarized from reviews of the published literature, and future research and monitoring priorities were identified.

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Horse River Wildfire response : environmental monitoring, public health assessment and ecological screening technical summary document

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This report was prepared to assess whether the soil and air quality in Fort McMurray and surrounding areas met ecological and human health guidelines during the response to the Horse River... More ≫

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This report was prepared to assess whether the soil and air quality in Fort McMurray and surrounding areas met ecological and human health guidelines during the response to the Horse River Wildfire of 2016 and after clean-up of the debris and damage that remained. The first part of the report includes high-level summaries from literature reviews on the contaminants of potential concerns from wildfire smoke and ash and their impacts on soil and human health. The second part includes the identification of potential risks to human and ecological health from ash and soil in fire affected areas, a health risk assessment of potential ash migration into residential gardens, an overview of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo's remedial program, and a post-cleanup health risk assessment based on the post remedial soil sampling program results.

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The health of first responders exposed during the Fort McMurray fires of May 2016: Phase 1

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The OHS Futures Research Funding Program provided a grant to the researcher. The researcher used the grant to study the health of firefighters deployed to Fort McMurray from 13 fire services... More ≫

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The OHS Futures Research Funding Program provided a grant to the researcher. The researcher used the grant to study the health of firefighters deployed to Fort McMurray from 13 fire services during the fire of May to June 2016. This report details their research and findings.

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