Active Wildfires – Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS) creates and updates daily fire weather and fire behaviour maps year-round with hot spot maps updated daily between May and September. The website features three types of maps plus valuable links. Maps to access include:
• Fire Weather
• Fire Behaviour
• Fire M3 Hotspot and example of the map for May 29, 2025, is copied below (Fig. 1).
Persons outdoors performing field scouting need to be aware of air quality arising from wildfire activity. Two online resources are available – both are updated daily and provide short video clips of forecasted ground level smoke conditions:
• FireSmoke.ca (link to snip of short forecast video retrieved May 29, 2025 or Figure 2 for examples).
• Firework (link to snip of forecast video retrieved May 29, 2025 or Figure 3 for examples).
Access the following wildfire maps updated by these provinces:
• BC Wildfire Service’s Interactive Map.
• Alberta Wildfire’s Status Map.
• Saskatchewan’s Wildfire Interactive Map.
• Manitoba’s FireView Map.
Stay safe!