As evacuees throughout B.C. remain out of their homes after weeks of wildfires threatening their communities — some grappling with the destruction of their properties — wildfire scientist Mike Flannig...

The province has suggested fire prevention funding will be centralized. Local officials are concerned.

The Government of Canada is seeking input from Canadians and emergency management partners on priorities, gaps, and opportunities to strengthen federal emergency management in partnership with other j...

An increasingly flammable landscape combined with more lightning strikes is leading to larger, more frequent, and more intense fires than the landscape is adapted for.

"It became apparent that given how quickly things were likely to develop that if we had ignition in the lower valley bottom the fires would likely get large quite quickly.”

This page is part of the ClimateReadyBC site. The British Columbia Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA) and the B.C. Hazard Insights Tool provide key information on different ha...

Given the recent rise in extreme fires, we present an update to a previous Canadian wildfire trend analysis (1959-2015) with nine additional years of data (2016-2024), an improved area burned dataset,...

As direct and indirect costs of fires continue to grow, so too might motivation to invest more heavily in mitigation

After years of devastating wildfires, many producers are wondering if prescribed burns might improve their acreage. Here’s how to keep land, livestock, buildings, and selves safe.

In Tsilhqot’in territory, a former Yunesit’in chief and an architect designed a fire-resistant house built to last in B.C.’s hot Interior

So, is climate change really making wildfires worse today?

Oral history contributors were able to share their stories, and many felt a sense of healing.

A recently completed study by the Wildfire Research Center shows that an average 65% of homes in three representative Routt County neighborhoods are considered at “high” risk from wildfire, yet only 1...

Researchers with a new study on smoke and the ‘ice albedo effect’ are startled by the quick pace of melting.

Experts agree it’s a step in the right direction, but has major gaps.

With funding from Natural Resources Canada, Kainai Nation is restoring cultural burns on the landscape with its Indigenous fire guardians program

We’re talking with experts about healthy watersheds as a solution for landscape-scale wildfire resilience.

Experts ring alarm bells about Manitoba wildfires and the future they foreshadow as the season gets off to an early and tragic start

Climate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different eco...

Background Lightning-caused fires have a driving influence on Canadian forests, being responsible for approximately half of all wildfires and 90% of the area burned. We created a climatology (2000–202...

Field measurements of fires burning over winter at 20 sites in the Northwest Territories of Canada and in Alaska find that such fires occur in both peatlands and upland forests, and provide informatio...

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We know FireSmart measures protect houses and communities from wildfire, but implementation is slow. These experts are trying to fix that