awesome-wildfire
github.com/ubc-lib-geo/awesome-wildfire ↗A curated list of wildland fire resources across Canada.
Use this list with your AI agent
Add the Context Awesome MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client, then ask:
"Show me british columbia resources from awesome-wildfire"
Installation instructions →What's inside
- Amy Christianson
Scientist and advocate for Indigenous wildfire stewardship and host of podcast
- Canadian Partnership
Canadian Partnership to study wildland fire science.
- FireSmart Canada
National program helping Canadians reduce their wildfire risk and build resilience.
- Mapping Support
Creator of GIS Surfer, posting URLs to fire and smoke maps.
- Mike Flannigan
Director of the Western Partnership for Wildland Fire Science at the University of Alberta.
- National Indigenous Fire Safety Council Project
Supporting Indigenous communities in community safety and resiliency.
Canada-Wide Information Resources
- Annotated list of useful fire and weather websites
- Canada Wildfire
The Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science.
- Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
Coordinates resource and information sharing.
- Canadian Wildland Fire Information System
Creates daily fire weather and fire behavior maps.
- Fire Research
Canada Wildfire research.
- FireSmoke Canada
Canadian portal for information and resources about smoke from wildland fires.
Regional Resources
- B.C. Wildfire DashboardBritish Columbia
- Current Wildfire ActivityBritish Columbia
- EOSDIS WorldviewBritish Columbia
Interactive map of British Columbia 2018 wildfire.
- FireViewManitoba
Map of location and status of current wildfire activity.
- Fire WeatherAlberta
Links to forecasts, observations, maps, and information.
- Forest FiresOntario
Current forest fire danger, forest fire activity, and fire restrictions.
Data
- Burn-P3GIS Data
Spatial fire simulation model.
- cffdrsGIS Data
An R package for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System.
- Fire Data in Google EarthGIS Data
- Fire Data Web ServicesGIS Data
OGC web map services (WMS) and web feature services (WFS) for MODIS fire-related products.
- FireSmoke DataGIS Data
Emissions and Firemet downloadable data.
- Forest FiresGIS Data
Download data in CSV format from the National Forestry Database.
Maps
- CALTOPO
Fire perimeters, multiple satellite infrared data, and wind plot.
- Canadian National Fire Database (CNFDB)
Forest fire perimeters.
- Canadian Wildland Fire Information System Interactive Map
- NASA Fire and Smoke Map
Fire and smoke map for Canada and the U.S.
- NASA FIRMS Fire Map
Interactive map browser of global active fire detections archive from MODIS and VIIRS.
- NASA Worldview Tool
Visualize fires and thermal anomalies data.
GIS Fire Research
- Radar and Lidar Observations of Wildfire Plume Dynamics
- Research using the NFID
Research across Canadian universities using National Fire Information Database.
Showing a sample of 62 resources. View the full list on GitHub →