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Lesser Slave Lake regional wildfire recovery plan : executive summary

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The Lesser Slave Lake Regional Wildfire Recovery Plan identifies key long-term projects that focus on people, reconstruction, environment and economy. The plan will help support the local... More ≫

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The Lesser Slave Lake Regional Wildfire Recovery Plan identifies key long-term projects that focus on people, reconstruction, environment and economy. The plan will help support the local authorities in their role of leading recovery and rebuilding. The plan will also help position the communities for future growth.

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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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Willmore Wilderness Park fire management plan

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The intent of this Fire Management Plan is to recommend fire management strategies to mitigate wildfire threat to landscape and species values, as well as communities; minimize threats to forest... More ≫

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The intent of this Fire Management Plan is to recommend fire management strategies to mitigate wildfire threat to landscape and species values, as well as communities; minimize threats to forest health (e.g. mountain pine beetle infestation); and allow natural fire regimes to re-establish across the landscape, while prioritizing ecological integrity. In order to meet the intent, a variety of fire management strategies will be employed. The strategies include zoning the Willmore for wildfire management between a natural fire zone where natural fires may be permitted to burn and a managed fire zone where fires will generally continue to be suppressed. Currently the entire Willmore Willmore Wilderness Park Fire Management Plan – November 2006 Wilderness Park is a managed fire zone with full suppression. Enabling a natural fire zone as soon as possible reduces the potential to impact natural fire cycles.

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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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