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FireSmart guidebook for the oil and gas industry

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This FireSmart Guidebook provides a step-by-step process for assessing the threat of wildfire on individual or multiple dispositions and introduces mitigation options to minimize risk and... More ≫

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This FireSmart Guidebook provides a step-by-step process for assessing the threat of wildfire on individual or multiple dispositions and introduces mitigation options to minimize risk and liability to the oil and gas industry.

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Expert panel review : personal safety and site security at Athabasca Lookout

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In the early morning of August 26, 2006, a lookout tower employee at Athabasca Tower went missing under suspicious circumstances. The matter continues to be investigated by the Royal Canadian... More ≫

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In the early morning of August 26, 2006, a lookout tower employee at Athabasca Tower went missing under suspicious circumstances. The matter continues to be investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Athabasca Tower is a frequent visitor location, and is located about 10 km northwest of Hinton close to Highway 40. In the fall of 2006, Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) made the decision to assemble an external Expert Panel to examine the August 2006 incident and provide recommendations to the department on Personal Safety and Site Security at the Athabasca Lookout. The methodology used in this review included a complete review of all materials provided by Sustainable Resource Development, a review of additional requested materials, meetings with Sustainable Resource Development staff, site visits to Athabasca and Carrot Creek Towers, and a meeting with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigators working on the August 2006 disappearance of the Athabasca lookout...

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Chisholm Fire Review Committee final report

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The Chisholm fire of May 23 – June 4, 2001 and the surrounding events prompted the Minister of Sustainable Resource Development to establish a committee to review the fire incident. The Chisholm... More ≫

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The Chisholm fire of May 23 – June 4, 2001 and the surrounding events prompted the Minister of Sustainable Resource Development to establish a committee to review the fire incident. The Chisholm Fire Review Committee carried out this review in the summer of 2001 through a public outreach process, a review of department policies and procedures and discussions with department staff. Generally, Alberta’s fire suppression activities conducted by Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) are very effective, however a small percentage of wildfires continue to escape initial suppression efforts to become large fires. This is of particular concern in wildland-urban areas, such as Chisholm. Broadly, the Committee concludes that it is necessary to address wildland-urban issues proactively in a cooperative and interdisciplinary manner. The Chisholm Fire Review Committee believes that such actions will increase human safety, decrease property losses and allow wildland fire suppression...

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Final documentation report Chisholm fire (LWF-063)

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As the severity of the 2001 fire season developed in late May, Land and Forest Service escalated man-up and aircraft expenditures significantly above normal levels in expectation of increased fire... More ≫

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As the severity of the 2001 fire season developed in late May, Land and Forest Service escalated man-up and aircraft expenditures significantly above normal levels in expectation of increased fire load. Prior to fire activity in the Protection Zone of Alberta, municipalities in the agricultural areas were experiencing extreme fire behaviour and property losses. This is the context for Alberta’s latest record fire event – the Chisholm fire (LWF-063), which was man-caused, igniting on May 23, 2001. It is notable that the fire intensity for the Chisholm fire replaces the previous record calculation of the 1968 Vega fire, which ran parallel to the Chisholm fire. Both fires started the same day of the same month 33 years apart; both were driven by a low-level jet wind; and both fires ended their run just south of the Town of Slave Lake as a result of a major weather change.

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Industrial vegetation management treatments

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The purpose of this directive is to provide the opportunity for proper management, safety and reduced fire hazard at industrial facilities.

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