Hot Spots: Safe Operation of an Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV)
What is an OHV? The Traffic Safety Act defines an OHV as any motorized vehicle built for cross-country travel, including: dirt bikes, motorcycles, mini-bikes and related two-wheel vehicles all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) utility terrain vehicles miniature motor vehicles amphibious vehicles What is a Hot Spot? Hot spots occur when vegetation and debris build up on an […]
Firefighter in the Field
As if returning from a long hibernation, I pull into Grayling Firebase, just south of Fort McMurray. It is April 3 and there is still snow on the ground, much more than there was in Toronto when I left four days earlier. I am warmly met by some of my friends and colleagues who come […]
“Going In” – Getting Ready for Another Season as a Lookout
By: Trina For me, this year’s fire season started long before the first signs of spring appeared on the landscape, before the snow melted into the hillsides, the geese returned from the south, or the first crocus opened in the Peace Country. It began in the dead of winter, during a late February cold snap, […]
How To Keep Your Campfire from Becoming a Wildfire
Did you know that recreation is one of the main causes of wildfires each year in Alberta? About 70 per cent of wildfires over the last five years have been linked to human activity. Wildfire protection has been strengthened with new regulations. If you leave a site within the Forest Protection Area without fully extinguishing […]
Do Your Part To Prevent Wildfires
Warmer temperatures have arrived throughout the province. Human-caused wildfires make up 90% of spring wildfires, but are 100% preventable. Wildfires can smoulder under the snow during the winter and emerge as a wildfire in the spring when conditions are warm and dry. Do your part to prevent wildfires by checking your winter burn piles to ensure […]
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