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Safeguard your home and family from wildfire threats. Access practical guidelines and infographics with essential tips and steps. From residential safety tips to the latest research, find everything you need to know about wildfires in one place.

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Maps, Data and other Tools

FireSmart Canada

Canadian Wildland Fire Information System

Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre

National Guide for Wildland Urban Interface Fires (NRC)

WildFireSat: Enhancing Canada’s ability to manage wildfires

Advanced Wildfire Prediction and Analysis Models

Explore advanced models and systems designed for wildfire prediction and analysis. Access tools like FireWork, the Canadian Wildfire Grading Index, and more.

Canada’s Wildfire Smoke Prediction System (FireWork)

FireWork is an air quality prediction system that indicates how smoke from wildfires is expected to move across North America over the next 72 hours.

Canadian Wildfire Grading Index (Opta)

The product combines reams of data with analytics capability to score a community’s risk level, while at the same time providing residents with specific recommendations for how to lower the risk and improve their insurance score.

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FireGrowthModel.ca is now home to several projects related to Canadian Wildfires.

North America Wildfire HD Model Suite (RMS)

Moody’s RMS Wildfire modeling accurately characterizes fires as they start and travel due to factors that drive ignition and spread, including wind and presence of vegetation. This helps insurers, reinsurers, governments, and financial institutions differentiate safe structures from dangerous ones, conduct risk assessments, estimate potential losses, accurately price fire risk, and optimize risk transfer.

Smoke Forecast

High resolution, interactive forecasts of hourly, daily average and daily maximum concentrations of PM2.5 smoke particles at ground level from wildfires.