Yesterday wildfires swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, the population centre of the oil sands industry, forcing the evacuation of nearly all of its more than 60,000 residents. It therefore seems timely to point to*the maps*produced by the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System, which maps “a*relative index of how easy it is to ignite vegetation, how difficult a fire may be to control, and how much damage a fire may do.” There are static maps of current conditions, fire danger maps providing an index of fire risk and potential damage (see above for today’s), and various forecasts,*as*well as an interactive version.
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