The Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science addresses priority research needs by creating a fire science hub
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Canada Wildfire NSERC Strategic Network
Researchers across Canada are responding to fire in a changing world by assessing risk and danger and honing solutions to better predict when and where fires might occur and how they might behave.
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DID YOU KNOW...
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Canada has about 9% of the world’s forests. Each year over the last 25 years, about 7,300 forest fires have occurred. The total area burned varies widely from year to year but averages about 2.5 million hectares annually.
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Fire suppression costs over the last decade in Canada have ranged from about $800 million to $1.5 billion a year.
Stats from Natural Resources Canada