FireSmoke

FireSmoke. ca is the Canadian portal for comprehensive information on wildland fire weather and smoke. As a community of practice, FireSmoke aims to address issues related to wildland fire and smoke through policy advancements, planning, and organizational development.

The website provides a range of valuable services and resources to professionals in the fields of air quality, health and safety, emergency management, and scientific research, as well as the general public. One of the key offerings of FireSmoke. ca is the BlueSky Canada smoke forecasts, which provide high-resolution, interactive predictions of hourly, daily average, and daily maximum concentrations of PM2.

5 smoke particles at ground level resulting from wildfires. These forecasts help in understanding and assessing the impact of smoke on air quality. Additionally, FireSmoke.

ca offers fire weather forecasts, which utilize gridded numerical weather prediction data to generate interactive and high-resolution Fire Weather Index forecasts. These forecasts are crucial for wildfire modeling and incident command briefings. FireSmoke.

ca also provides access to the SmartFire fire data acquisition, reconciliation, and GIS database, which offers data streams with satellite hotspot detects and ground reports. This data can be explored and downloaded in various formats for use in modeling and forecasting systems. For ad hoc and on-demand smoke modeling, FireSmoke.

ca provides the BlueSky Playground. This tool enables users to create emissions scenarios for prescribed burns and wildfires and then model and visualize the resulting smoke dispersion forecast. FireSmoke.

ca is supported by the Weather Forecast Research Team at the University of British Columbia and multiple agencies, ensuring the reliability and accuracy of the tools and data provided