FROM: Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) program of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry To report a forest fire call 310-FIRE (3473) Out of Province Eighty people returned from Alberta including FireRangers, an Incident Management Team, Agency Representatives, Division [Read more]
There are 593 personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on assignment in Alberta (107), British Columbia (348), Parks Canada – Alberta (13) and the Northwest Territories (125) to assist in forest fire management efforts. An Incident Management Team is scheduled [Read more]
New Fires It was scattered rainfall and high relative humidity levels that kept fire active low on August 24 in the Northwest Region; only one new fire was confirmed which was a small fire in the Kenora District that has already been called out. Active storm systems roaming across [Read more]
There were no new fires reported in the Northwest Region on August 7. The fire hazard is forecast to range from low to moderate in the region. Further information is available on safe outdoor fire management at www.ontario.ca/fireprevention. Check out the active fires map [Read more]
Northwest Region July 2, 2011 – 5pm New Fires There were two new fires in the Northwest Region by early evening on July 2, one in the Red Lake District, and one in the Sioux Lookout District. There were also three new fires in the region on July 1. Two in the Red Lake District [Read more]
June 3, 2011 There were no new confirmed fires reported at the time of this report on June 3. Currently there are two active fires situated in the Thunder Bay district both receiving rainfall today. Thunder Bay Fire Number 22 located 38 kilometres east of Savant Lake on the CN railway line near the [Read more]
