© 2020 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Alberta wildfire season ‘quiet’; officials warn situation could change quickly Since March 1, 2020, Alberta has recorded 226 wildfires in the Forest Protection Area of Alberta that have burned a total of 178 hectares. Lauren Pullen reports. Since March 1, there have been 29 wildfires in the Whitecourt Forest Area, burning a … “Even a recreational fire, just in a normal fire pit… if it was to get away on someone, it could get into the trees and spread quite rapidly and become very dangerous very quickly.”The townsite has urged rural property owners to help mitigate wildfires.“Redwood Meadows has been really good this year about fire smarting their community and our houses and property,” Evans said. Compare that to the five year average – usually we’ve seen 406,179 hectares burned each year by this time.“It’s definitely one of our lowest years on record,” Fairweather said. Download the Alberta Wildfire app or visit the Alberta Wildfire website for more information. The Wildfire Status map is updated throughout the day and provides an overall look at the current wildfire situation across Alberta. Wildfire prevention . To learn more about the terms used in fire weather information, see: Alberta’s wildfire prevention program is based on public education, enforcing fire legislation, and engineering fire prevention solutions.
(Alberta Wildfire screengrab) There may be one silver lining yet, according to Flannigan. “Those wildfires are 100 per cent preventable and anything from an abandoned campfire to off-highway vehicle use can start a wildfire and we just want people to use extra caution.”Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. “We’ve had a lot of people cleaning up their houses this year of dead growth and dead trees.”Campfires are still allowed in private and provincial campgrounds, but officials are also warning campers to be cautious by only having fires in designated fire pits, keeping them small, having water on hand and making sure the fire is fully extinguished before leaving it unattended.Alberta Wildfire officials say roughly 60 per cent of all wildfires are human caused.“We just want to remind Albertans to help do their part to prevent human-caused wildfires,” Fairweather said. A release from the Province of Alberta states that wildfire officials have begun putting precautionary measures in place to curb the damage the province is expected to see throughout the spring, summer, and fall.
Alberta Wildfire provides updates and information on wildfire status and wildfire related issues in Alberta. Alberta Wildfire App – Android Alberta Wildfire App – iPhone . Snow may still cover the ground, but Alberta is wasting no time in readying itself for the next potential fire.
Alberta downgrades fire ban due to ‘great work’ of wildfire crews, favourable weather Wildfire Update - August 18, 2020. With the drop to an advisory, wood campfires on public and private land, as …
Alberta Wildfire says that due to recent rain in many parts of the province, the fire ban in the Forest Protection Area has been downgraded to a fire advisory.With the drop to an advisory, wood campfires on public and private land, as well as in provincial campgrounds are permitted. Wildfire/Shutterstock . Mar 2 2020, 3:43 pm. WATCH ABOVE: (April 14, 2020) Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen said the province is not bringing back the program which saw firefighters rappel from helicopters directly into areas where wildfires have started, and instead will be hiring more ground crews.