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Forest Fire Research

Research in this area focuses on...

• studying the fire environment, fire behavior, fire ecology, and fire as a natural disturbance;
• developing information and decision-support systems for monitoring and predicting wildland fire activity and for enhancing fire management efficiency and effectiveness; and
• investigating the relationship between projected climate change and wildland fire in the boreal forest.

Forest Fire research at the Northern Forestry Centre

• Forest Fire in Canada
• Frequently Asked Questions About Lightning
• Impacts of Fire and Harvesting on Soils and Site Productivity
• CWFIS - Canadian Wildland Fire Information System
• Southeast Asia Fire Danger Rating System
• Indonesian Fire Danger Rating System
• FireSmart: Protecting Your Community From Wildfire
• Prometheus - Fire Growth Model - Canadian Wildland Fire Growth Model
• EMEND (Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance)

Scientific Posters

• Boreal Forest Composition and Biomass Storage Under Changing Fire Regimes in Canada
• Development and Application of Fire Danger Rating in Southeast Asia
• Wildland Fire Behavior Research at the Northern Forestry Centre

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