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October 25, 2016
| Environment | Innovation | Management | Communities | Landscapes | |
| 9:00 | Keynote: Building Resilience for Future Emergencies – Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Conference Board of Canada. [PDF] [Video] | ||||
| 10:10 | Keynote: Event Attribution – The Emerging Science of Attributing Causes to Extreme Events. Francis Zwiers, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. [PDF] [Video] | ||||
| 10:55 |
Climate Change and Future Wildland Fire Intensity. Mike Flannigan, Univ Alberta [PDF] |
“Fireguard” A Framework For a Wildland Fire Response Decision Support System. Colin McFayden, Ont Min Nat Res. [PDF] |
The Fire Within: Gender and Leadership in Wildland Fire. Rachel Reimer, Royal Roads Univ and BC Wildfire Service. |
Firesmart Home Assessment Program. Laura Stewart, AB Ag Forestry. [PDF] |
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| 11:20 |
Divergent Trends For Fire Activity in Northern Alberta’s Boreal Forest Under Contrasting Human Influence. Rodrigo Campos, Univ Alberta. [PDF] |
“Weathershield” A System for Forecasting Short, Intermediate & Long Term Probabilistic Weather and Indices. Colin McFayden, On Min Nat Res. [PDF] |
National Wildfire Prevention Campaign: Survey Results. Hayley Hesseln, Toddi Steelman, David Zhang. [PDF] |
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| 11:45 |
Future Burn Probability in South-Central British Columbia. Xianli Wang, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
Increasing the Resiliency and Reach of National Fire Information: The Recent Experiences of the CWFIS. Brian Simpson, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
National Interface Mapping For Canada. Lynn Johnston, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
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| 1:25 | Keynote: Perspectives from Wilderness. Carol Miller, USDA For Service, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute. [PDF] [Video] | ||||
| 2:10 | Overview of the Next Generation-Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System Research Chelene Hanes, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
Resilience in the Human Machine: Preparing for Human Aspects of an Increasingly Dynamic Wildfire Environment. George Warr, BC Wildfire Service. [PDF] |
Wildfire Evacuation Experiences – First Nations. Tara McGee, Univ Alberta. [PDF] |
Mixed-Severity Fire History Inferred From Fire-Climate Relationships and Stand Structure in West Central BC. Jill Harvey, Univ Victoria. [PDF] |
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| 2:35 |
Fire behaviour models and fuels modification in the next generation Fire Behaviour Prediction System Mike Wotton, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
Resiliency in the Human Machine: Developing and Deploying Resilience in the Wildfire Environment. Erik Hanson, BC Wildfire Service. [PDF] |
Building Community Resilience Around Wildfire Risk Mitigation Through a Long-Term, Community-Directed Research Partnership in Teslin, Yukon. Scott Green, Univ Northern BC. [PDF] |
Historic Wildfires: The Space-Time Continuum. Gregory Greene, Univ British Columbia. [PDF] |
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| 3:00 |
Are US Federal Fire Management Systems Resilient? Christopher Dunn, Oregon State Univ. [PDF] |
Spatial Integration of Variable Fuels in the Next Gen FBP System. Brian Simpson, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
Novel Approaches to Understanding Risk Factors of Cognitive Fatigue in Wildland Firefighters. Andrew Jeklin, Univ British Columbia. [PDF] |
A Brief History of Fuel Management in Logan Lake, BC. Garnet Mierau, Forsite. [PDF] |
Using historic landscape vegetation structure for ecological restoration: effects on burn probability in the Bob Creek Wildland, Alberta, Canada. Chris Stockdale, Univ Alberta. [PDF] |
| 3:50 | Special Session: 2016 Horse River Wildfire in Alberta, Canada: | ||||
| October 26, 2017 |
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| Environment | Innovation | Management | Communities | Landscapes | |
| 8:35 | Keynote: What turns a fire into a tragedy? – John Maclean, Journalist & author | ||||
| 9:20 |
Risk Assessment Methods and Post-Fire Outcomes: Insights from the Slave Lake Fire. Jen Beverly, Univ Alberta. [PDF] |
Fire Surveillance and Early Event Detection. Cordy Tymstra, Univ Alberta. [PDF] |
Wildland Fire Risk and Property Insurance. Dan Sandink, ICLR. [PDF] |
Forest Enhancement Society of BC – Delivering the Program Across BC. Greg Anderson, For Enhancement Soc. [PDF] |
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| 9:45 |
Methods for Spatial Simulation of Fire Regimes. Steve Cumming, Jean Marchal and Eliot McIntire, Laval Univ. [PDF] |
Steering Through the Building Code Process in Canada. Shayne Mintz. Natl Fire Prot Association. [PDF] |
Developing a Performance Indicator For Restoring Fire to Parks Canada Ecosystems. Victor Kafka, Parks Canada. [PDF] |
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| 10:35 |
Using FIRETEC/HIGRAD to Model Firesmart Treatments in Alberta. Kerry Anderson, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
Communicating at the Speed of Crisis – Emergency Public information in 2016 and Beyond. Kevin Skrepnek, BC Wildfire Service. [PDF] |
Remote Monitoring Cameras Offer a Force Multiplier Advantage in Wildland Fire Management. |
Designing Policy to Engage Okanagan Homeowners in Wildfire Risk Mitigation. Dory Hayley, Simon Fraser Univ. [PDF] |
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| 11:00 |
Design Proposal for Facilitating Information Collection and Distribution in Forest Fire Response Operations. Anthony Whitehead, Carleton Univ. [PDF] |
Parattack: The Evolution of Smokejumping in the BCWS. |
Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire Panel. Molly Mowery, Wildfire Planning International; Steve King, City of Wenatchee; Andrew Hunsberger, City of Kelowna.[PDF] |
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| 11:25 |
Development and Applications of a New Cellular Automata Model for Fire Spread. Tammy Viggato, Air-Worldwide. [PDF] |
BC Wildfire Service Chainsaw Program Administration. Chris Spronken, BC Wildfire Service. [Video] |
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| 12:00 | Field session: handout [PDF]
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| October 27, 2017 |
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| Environment | Innovation | Management | Communities | Landscapes | |
| 8:35 | Keynote: Truth Under Fire Down Under – Gary Morgan, Global Wildland Fire Management. [PDF] | ||||
| 10:30 |
“The Future of Fire Weather Forecasting.” The Human Forecaster Versus Computer Modeling. Jerry Shields, On Min Nat Res. [PDF] |
From Marine Pollution to Inland Wildfire Mapping – The Mobilization of the National Aerial Surveillance Program (NASP) in Support of the Fort McMurray Wildfires. Kim Pearce, Met Serv Can. [PDF] |
Applied Science. AI Beaver, Wildland Fire Risk Management. [PDF] |
Protecting Communities in the Boreal Forest – Development, Maintenance, and Evolution of the Waskesiu Community Fuel Break Within Prince Albert National Park. |
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| 10:55 |
Utilizing Hi-Resolution Gridded Fire Climate and Danger Data for Risk Assessment. Tim Brown, Desert Research Inst. [PDF] |
Frequent Wildfire Energy Data for the North. Helena Van Mierlo, Can Space Agency. [PDF] |
Alberta’s Wildfire Risk Management Planning Process – Staying Ahead of the Embers. Randy Spyksma, Forsite. [PDF] |
Fuel Moisture Changes From a Sprinkler Watering Treatment in Interior Alaska Boreal Forest. |
Direct Effects of Wildfire on Soil (And Water). David Scott, UBC Okanagan. [PDF] |
| 11:20 |
Will Canadian Precipitation Analysis System Improve Precipitation Estimates in Alberta? Xinli Cai, Univ Alberta. [PDF] |
Fire Mapping Product Requirements: Finding the Ideal Balance Between “The Best Possible Data” and “Quick Data.” Michael Ciezadlo, Discovery Air. [PDF] |
Assessing and Managing Social Risks on Large Wildfires. Toddi Steelman and Branda Nowell, Univ Sask. [PDF] |
Fuels Management Database. |
Fuel Loading and Drought Effects on Boreal Wetlands: When to Fllip the Switch? Daniel Thompson, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
| 11:45 |
Infrared Remote Sensing of Wildfire Behaviour. Lynn Johnston, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
Increasing Threats of Megafires on the WUI Communities of Canada.Nirmal Subedi, Can For Serv. [PDF] |
Jack Pine Regeneration After Burning Live and Dead Stands: A Simulated Mountain Pine Beetle Attack. Maria Sharpe, Univ Alberta. [PDF] |
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| 1:40 | Keynote: Canadian Wildland Fire Preparedness and Response Plan – Al Tithecott, Wildfire Management Working Group. [PDF] | ||||
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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Psychosocial and Fitness Intervention in Wildland Firefighters. Caleb Leduc, Laurentian Univ. [PDF] |
Landscape Level Planning – A Case Study. Stephan Martineau, Slocan Integral Forestry Coop. [PDF] |
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| 2:50 | The Spotting Distribution. Thomas Hillen, Univ Alberta. [PDF] |
The Commit To Be Fit Program: Working Towards Musculoskeletal Injury Reduction for Ontario Fire Rangers. Michelle Young, Ontario Ministry Natural Resources. [PDF] |
First Heat – A Simple Planning Tool That Estimates District Energy Costs and Benefits for Communities at Risk of Wildfire. David Dubois, Comm Energy Assoc. [PDF] |
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