National Wildland Fire Situation Report

National Wildland Fire Situation Report

Archived reports

Current as of: July 10, 2024

• Data courtesy of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
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Priority fires

British Columbia:

Hook Creek (R90740) is approximately 355 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

Little Oliver Creek (R50752) is approximately 130 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

Alberta:

HCX001 – Semo Wildfire Complex – the largest of the wildfires is approximately 21 km northeast of Jon D’or Prairie, 17 km north of Fox Lake and 30 km northeast of Garden River. The wildfire is estimated 39,955 hectares in size.

MCX002 – Cattail Lake Complex – the largest of the wildfires is approximately 8 km northeast of industrial facilities about 50 km northeast of Fort McKay. The wildfire is estimated to be 28,000 hectares in size.

MWF060 – Rabbit Lake Wildfire is located approximately 8 km east of the Slave Lake Forest Area and is estimated 3,500 hectares in size.

Northwest Territories:

FS004-24 located about 72 km south of Jean Marie First Nation approximately 11,894 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

FS006-24 located about 72 km southeast of Jean Marie First Nation on the far side of the Mackenzie River approximately 2,930 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

Martin Liard Complex – located about 39 km west of Fort Simpson in Martin Hills is approximately 545 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

Interagency mobilization

Canada is at national preparedness level 4, indicating wildland fire activity is significant with one or more jurisdictions, and the demand for mobilization of firefighters and equipment is high. British Columbia and Alberta are at agency preparedness level 4; Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador are 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 and equipment mobilized through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre to British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador from Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Parks Canada, Canadian Forest Service, and CIFFC as well as equipment from the United States. There are crews being mobilized through the northwest compact to Yukon from British Columbia and Oregon and the Greak Lakes Compact to Manitoba from Ontario.

There were 230 lightning caused fire starts last week. The United States is at preparedness level 4, which indicates shared resources are heavily committed and national mobilization trends affect all geographic areas.

Weekly Synopsis

Canada is at national preparedness level 4, indicating wildland fire activity is significant with one or more jurisdictions, and the demand for mobilization of firefighters and equipment is high. British Columbia and Alberta are at agency preparedness level 4; Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador are 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 and equipment mobilized through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre to British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador from Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Parks Canada, Canadian Forest Service, and CIFFC as well as equipment from the United States. There are crews being mobilized through the northwest compact to Yukon from British Columbia and Oregon and the Greak Lakes Compact to Manitoba from Ontario.

There were 230 lightning caused fire starts last week. The United States is at preparedness level 4, which indicates shared resources are heavily committed and national mobilization trends affect all geographic areas.

Prognosis

A ridge of high pressure is gradually moving across western and central Canada. This has led to numerous record high temperatures of 30-35C in Alberta and up to 42C in part of southern British Columbia.

This ridge moves eastward and weakens. While warm temperatures will cover most of Canada for a few days, values in the west will cool by a few degrees by the end of the week.

Patchy showers and thundershowers will affect many western regions over the next week, but widespread rain is not expected. Greater totals are likely in high elevations of the western Northwest Territories and in spots along the 60th parallel, but these regions appear to dry during the week of July 14.

The remains of Hurricane Beryl have merged into a mid-latitudes system and will provide a narrow band of heavy rain in southern Ontario, extreme southern Quebec, and parts of the southern Atlantic Provinces between Wednesday, July 10, and Friday, July 12. Occasional bands of showers or thundershowers will continue through eastern Canada for the remainder of the period but with lighter accumulations.

Fire weather indexes will rise in most of western Canada during the July 10-16 period, although a temporary pause or reduction is likely close to 60N and through southern parts of the eastern provinces. Indexes will rise in northern parts of the eastern provinces but more slowly than in the west.

Weekly graphs (current as of: July 10, 2024)