National Wildland Fire Situation Report

National Wildland Fire Situation Report

Archived reports

Current as of: June 26, 2024

• Data courtesy of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
• Check the Air Quality Health Index for air quality in your area.

Priority fires

Labrador:

Mount Hyde (fire 607) - Southwest of Churchill Falls, currently listed as out of control and estimated 1, 556 hectares in size.

Northwest Territories:

VQ001-24 – Fort Good Hope – Currently listed as out of control and estimated 5,459 hectares in size.

Alberta:

HWF030 – Amber River - Southwest of Zama, currently listed as out of control and estimated 3,200 hectares in size.

Interagency mobilization

Canada is at national preparedness level 2, indicating wildland fire activity is increasing within more or more jurisdictions and the demand for mobilization of resources is light. Yukon and Newfoundland and Labrador are at agency preparedness level 4; Quebec is at level 3, all other agencies are levels 2 or 1.

The number of fires is well below average for this time of year, and well below the 10-year average for area burned for this time of year. At the time of this report there are personnel, equipment, and aircraft mobilized through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre to British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador from Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada as well as equipment from the United States. There were 82 lightning caused fire starts last week. The United States is at preparedness level 2, which indicates resource capability remains stable enough nationally to sustain incident operations and meet objectives.

Weekly Synopsis

In British Columbia there are category 2 and 3 open burning restrictions across the Cariboo, Coastal, Kamloops and Prince George regions, and a category 3 open burning restriction in the Southeast region, there is also an area restriction order for the Fort Nelson zone. Alberta has fire bans and restrictions in the northwest, southeast, and foothills regions of the province, as well as in and around Calgary. Northwest Territories has extreme fire danger across the entire territory, campfires are not recommended unless there is no other choice for food or warmth. In the Yukon fire danger is high or extreme in the Dawson, Carmacks, Mayo, Whitehorse, and Ross River regions, permission to burn hand-piled brush will not be provided in these areas. Quebec has open-fire bans in effect in Côte-Nord : Sept-Rivières, Minganie, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent.? In Nova Scotia burning has restrictions in the western half of the province. Prince Edward Island requires burning permits based on the daily Fire Weather Index. Newfoundland and Labrador has a provincial open fire ban in effect.

Saskatchewan , Manitoba, Ontario, and New Brunswick have no restrictions in place.

Prognosis

Bands of showers will pass through various parts of Quebec and Labrador over the next few days. The best chances of rain in west-central Labrador are Wednesday, June 26, and Saturday, June 29; and in Quebec south of Labrador on Sunday, June 30.

A strong storm system will pass through British Columbia and the southern Prairies beginning Thursday, June 30, and arriving near the Great Lakes by Saturday, June 29. Heaviest rain will fall along the central Alberta foothills.

A large high pressure area will follow this system, providing seasonal temperatures, low to moderate humidity, and moderate winds across the Prairies and western Quebec over the Canada Day weekend. This high appears to weaken as it drifts southeastward, so drying in Quebec will be limited. Fire weather indexes will gradually rise, with highest values in far northern parts of these provinces.

Dry conditions will continue in Yukon and the Northwest Territories with a chance of light scattered thundershowers. With high to extreme fire weather indexes, lightning-caused fires continue to be possible.

Weekly graphs (current as of: June 26, 2024)