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A curated list of wildland fire resources across Canada.
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# Awesome Wildfire [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)



> A curated list of wildland fire resources across Canada.



## Contents



- [Canada-Wide Information Resources](#canada-wide-information-resources)

- [Regional Resources](#regional-resources)

  - [Alberta](#alberta)

  - [British Columbia](#british-columbia)

  - [Manitoba](#manitoba)

  - [New Brunswick](#new-brunswick)

  - [Northwest Territories](#northwest-territories)

  - [Ontario](#ontario)

  - [Saskatchewan](#saskatchewan)

  - [Yukon](#yukon)

- [Maps](#maps)

- [Data](#data)

  - [Weather Data](#weather-data)

  - [GIS Data](#gis-data)

- [GIS Fire Research](#gis-fire-research)

- [Twitter](#twitter)

- [Podcasts](#podcasts)



## Canada-Wide Information Resources



- [Canadian Wildland Fire Information System](https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/home) - Creates daily fire weather and fire behavior maps.

- [Canada Wildfire](https://www.canadawildfire.org/) - The Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science.

- [Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre](https://www.ciffc.ca/index.php/) - Coordinates resource and information sharing.

- [Annotated list of useful fire and weather websites](https://73c61686-1630-4745-842c-cf3169c8dadc.filesusr.com/ugd/90df79_bd193b3491c94e1188f49ccfdd1aa536.pdf)

- [Forest Fires Database](http://nfdp.ccfm.org/en/data/fires.php)

- [Global Fire Early Warning System](https://gfmc.online/gwfews/index-12.html)

- [Fire Research](https://www.canadawildfire.org/research) - Canada Wildfire research.

- [GFMC Early Warning Portal](https://gfmc.online/fwf/fwf.html) - Daily global and regional fire weather and climate forecasts.

- [FireSmoke Canada](https://firesmoke.ca/) - Canadian portal for information and resources about smoke from wildland fires.

- [NASA Earthdata Wildfires Toolkit](https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/toolkits/wildfires)



## Regional Resources



### Alberta



- [Fire Weather](https://wildfire.alberta.ca/wildfire-status/fire-weather/default.aspx) - Links to forecasts, observations, maps, and information.

- [Historical Fire Data](https://wildfire.alberta.ca/resources/historical-data/default.aspx)



### British Columbia



- [Current Wildfire Activity](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/wildfire-situation)

- [B.C. Wildfire Dashboard](https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f0ac328d88c74d07aa2ee385abe2a41b)

- [EOSDIS Worldview](https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-150.93631888618643,27.400561971879853,-83.36428046569551,60.37712447187985&l=Reference_Labels_15m,Reference_Features_15m,Coastlines_15m(hidden),VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Aqua_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor&lg=false&tr=california_british_columbia_wildfires_summer_2018&t=2018-08-17-T00%3A00%3A00Z) - Interactive map of British Columbia 2018 wildfire. 



### Manitoba



- [FireView](https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/fire/Fire-Maps/fireview/fireview.html) - Map of location and status of current wildfire activity.



### New Brunswick



- [Forest Fire Watch](https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/public_alerts/forest_fire_watch.html) - Fire observations, weather, and information.



### Northwest Territories



- [NWT Live Fire Map](https://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/en/easymap)



### Ontario



- [Forest Fires](https://www.ontario.ca/page/forest-fires) - Current forest fire danger, forest fire activity, and fire restrictions.



### Saskatchewan



- [Wildfire in Saskatchewan](https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/environment-public-health-and-safety/wildfire-in-saskatchewan) - Maps and information.



### Yukon



- [Wildfire Information Map](https://arcg.is/KC8bO)

- [Yukon Fire History Atlas](https://emrlibrary.gov.yk.ca/maps/fire-history-atlas/html/main/Download.html)



## Maps



- [NASA FIRMS Fire Map](https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:2020-09-24..2020-09-25;@0.0,0.0,3z) - Interactive map browser of global active fire detections archive from MODIS and VIIRS.

- [Smoke Forecast](https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/) - Hourly smoke forecasts from wildland fires and downloadable data.

- [NASA Fire and Smoke Map](https://fire.airnow.gov/) - Fire and smoke map for Canada and the U.S.

- [CALTOPO](https://caltopo.com) - Fire perimeters, multiple satellite infrared data, and wind plot.

- [Canadian Wildland Fire Information System Interactive Map](https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map)

- [Canadian National Fire Database (CNFDB)](https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/ha/nfdb) - Forest fire perimeters.

- [NASA Worldview Tool](https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-260.0062190517805,-134.34633982454613,272.17856099142125,125.37092001945388&l=MODIS_Aqua_Thermal_Anomalies_All(hidden),VIIRS_SNPP_Thermal_Anomalies_375m_Night(hidden),VIIRS_SNPP_Thermal_Anomalies_375m_Day(hidden),MODIS_Terra_Thermal_Anomalies_All,MODIS_Combined_Thermal_Anomalies_All(hidden),Reference_Labels_15m(hidden),Reference_Features_15m(hidden),Coastlines_15m,VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Aqua_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor&lg=false&t=2019-07-08-T00%3A00%3A00Z) - Visualize fires and thermal anomalies data.



## Data



### Weather Data



- [Weathernerds Satellite Data](https://www.weathernerds.org/satellite/?initsatsrc=On&initsatname=GOES16&initsattype=ir&initcscheme=ir1&initimdimx=1050&initimdimy=583&initrange=79.000000000000:-145.000000000000:35.000000000000:-50.000000000000&initloop=False&initnframes=20&initlightning16=On&initlightning17=Off&initltngfed=Off&initltngtoe=Off&initinterstates=On&initwarnings=On&initlatlon=Off&initascata=Off&initascatb=Off&initascatc=Off&initascatamba=Off&initascatambb=Off&initascatambc=Off&initsst=Off) - Satellite data from GOES 16, GOES 17, and Himawari.

- [NEXLAB Satellite and Radar](https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/) - Global and regional data from College of DuPage via interactive application.

- [Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch](https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-16&z=0&im=12&ts=1&st=0&et=0&speed=130&motion=loop&map=1&lat=0&opacity%5B0%5D=1&hidden%5B0%5D=0&pause=0&slider=-1&hide_controls=0&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&sec=full_disk&p%5B0%5D=geocolor&x=10848&y=10848) - Web application to explore GOES-16 and Himawari-8 satellite imagery.

- [SSEC Geostationary Satellite Imagery](https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/#/animation?satellite=goes-16-17-comp&end_datetime=latest&n_images=48&coverage=mollweide&channel=14&image_quality=gif&anim_method=javascript) - Satellite imagery animation.



### GIS Data



- [Forest Fires](http://nfdp.ccfm.org/en/download.php) - Download data in CSV format from the National Forestry Database.

- [Burn-P3](https://www.canadawildfire.org/burn-p3-english) - Spatial fire simulation model.

- [cffdrs](https://www.canadawildfire.org/cffdrs-r-package) - An R package for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System.

- [Fire Data in Google Earth](https://fsapps.nwcg.gov/googleearth.php)

- [Fire Data Web Services](https://fsapps.nwcg.gov/afm/wms.php) - OGC web map services (WMS) and web feature services (WFS) for MODIS fire-related products.

- [NASA EarthData Active Fire Data](https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/firms/active-fire-data) - Active fire products for download from MODIS and VIIRS in multiple file formats.

- [Wildland Fire Open Data](https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/) - ArcGIS Open Data site for the National Interagency Fire Center.

- [SMARTFIRE](https://firesmoke.ca/smartfire/) - Satellite Mapping Automated Reanalysis Tool for Fire Incident Reconciliation.

- [FireSmoke Data](https://firesmoke.ca/data/) - Emissions and Firemet downloadable data.

- [ORNL DAAC](https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/theme_dataset_lister.pl?theme_id=8) - Fire extent and severity and estimates of carbon emissions from fires.



## GIS Fire Research



- [Radar and Lidar Observations of Wildfire Plume Dynamics](https://frg.berkeley.edu/radar-and-lidar-observations-of-wildfire-plume-dynamics/)

- [Research using the NFID](http://nfidcanada.ca/project-status/) - Research across Canadian universities using National Fire Information Database.



## Twitter



- [Canadian Partnership](https://twitter.com/CanadaWildfire) - Canadian Partnership to study wildland fire science.

- [Amy Christianson](https://twitter.com/ChristiansonAmy) - Scientist and advocate for Indigenous wildfire stewardship and host of podcast [Good Fire](https://yourforestpodcast.com/good-fire-podcast).

- [Mike Flannigan](https://twitter.com/mikeflannigan) - Director of the Western Partnership for Wildland Fire Science at the University of Alberta.

- [FireSmart Canada](https://twitter.com/FireSmartCanada) - National program helping Canadians reduce their wildfire risk and build resilience.

- [Mapping Support](https://twitter.com/MappingSupport) - Creator of GIS Surfer, posting URLs to fire and smoke maps.

- [Wildland Fire Canada](https://twitter.com/wildlandfirecan) - Conference series for fire management agencies in Canada.

- [National Indigenous Fire Safety Council Project](https://twitter.com/NIFSC_CA) - Supporting Indigenous communities in community safety and resiliency.



## Podcasts



- [Good Fire](https://yourforestpodcast.com/good-fire-podcast)

- [World on Fire](https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/422-world-on-fire)

- [Fire Ecology Chats](https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast)

- [The Get FireSmart Podcast](https://www.getinvolved.rdn.ca/rdn-wildfire-resiliency/news_feed/introducing-the-get-firesmart-podcast)

- [One Foot in the Black](https://www.kswild.org/one-foot-in-the-black-podcast)

- [Wildfire](https://podtail.com/podcast/wildfire/)

- [Fireline](https://www.firelinepodcast.org/)

- [Life With Fire](https://lifewithfirepodcast.com/about)

- [Indigenous Fire Ecology](https://www.alieward.com/ologies/goodfire), [Ologies episode](https://www.alieward.com/ologies)

- [Fire Ecology]( https://www.alieward.com/ologies/fireecology), [Ologies episode](https://www.alieward.com/ologies)



## Contributing



Contributions welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/ubc-lib-geo/awesome-wildland-fire-resources/blob/main/contributing.md) first.