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Cleaning up burned structures : OHS information for employers

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This resource provides health and safety information regarding debris cleanup and demolition of structures involved in wildfires.

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Wildfire (and other threat) insurance moratoria guideline

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Provides guidance on the provision of property and automobile insurance when property and automobiles are exposed to an elevated environmental threat.

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Working in smoky environments : OHS information for employers and workers

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Smoke from wildfires is common in Alberta in the spring, summer and autumn months. This resource discusses exposure risks when working in smoky environments, hazard control and related legislation.

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Wildfire recovery work in a fire-damaged structure : OHS information for employers and workers [2022]

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This resource explains how to start recovery work in a wildfire-damaged structure. It outlines steps employers and workers must take to ensure fire-damaged buildings are structurally safe for... More ≫

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This resource explains how to start recovery work in a wildfire-damaged structure. It outlines steps employers and workers must take to ensure fire-damaged buildings are structurally safe for workers to enter.

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Human health risks associated with aerially applied fire retardants : screening level risk assessment

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Alberta Health retained Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. to prepare a Screening Level Risk Assessment (SLRA) related to the general public being exposed to aerially applied fire retardants used... More ≫

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Alberta Health retained Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. to prepare a Screening Level Risk Assessment (SLRA) related to the general public being exposed to aerially applied fire retardants used during wildfires. The objectives of this work were to estimate human exposure to fire retardants in various media following use during a wildfire, to characterise the potential human health risks from these exposures, and to provide appropriate and valuable public health advice for residents returning to an area impacted by fire retardant use.

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Human health risks associated with surface water impacts after a wildfire : problem formulation

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Presents findings of a study to complete a problem formulation for human health risks associated with surface water impacts after a wildfire. The main goal of the work was to better understand and... More ≫

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Presents findings of a study to complete a problem formulation for human health risks associated with surface water impacts after a wildfire. The main goal of the work was to better understand and assess potential human health risks from the Horse River Wildfire on surface water bodies that serve as drinking and recreational water sources and apply learnings to future wildfires. Five recommendations are provided, including a review of facilities in Alberta that are most susceptible to wildfire associated surface water risk and generation of a small suite of key indicator compounds to help notify water users of the wildfire related impacts to water.

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Wildfire recovery work including fire-damaged structures : OHS information for employers and workers [2020]

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Outlines steps employers and workers must take to ensure fire-damaged buildings are structurally safe for workers to enter.

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Safe debris removal from completely or partly burned structures : OHS information for employers

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Gives information for those performing debris clean-up and demolition of structures involved in wildfires.

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COVID-19 response : Alberta Wildfire

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This fact sheet is a summary of Alberta Wildfire’s COVID-19 response plan, which has been designed to work both proactively to prevent infection among staff, and to respond to potential staff... More ≫

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This fact sheet is a summary of Alberta Wildfire’s COVID-19 response plan, which has been designed to work both proactively to prevent infection among staff, and to respond to potential staff shortages due to illness.

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2016 MAML Horse River Wildfire Hourly Data

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Hourly data collected by Alberta Environment and Parks using a mobile atmospheric monitoring laboratory (MAML) as part of emergency response monitoring during the 2016 Horse River Wildfire.

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