Map of Kananaskis to receive a prescribed burn. Alberta Wildfire Alberta employs wildfire fighters year round, but during peak season, Story says, they need an additional 800 firefighters and ...

Alberta Wildfire's base budget has been boosted and there's a larger emergency contingency fund to tap into, ahead of what is ...

Beneath some of Alberta’s snowy cold, “zombie” wildfires are smoldering, slumbering dragons waiting for air and warmth to snarl back to life. The remnants of some 2024 wildfires have gone ...

Communities in the Bow Valley say they are more prepared than ever, as the unofficial start of the wildfire season looms in Alberta. The Alberta Forestry and Parks minister and municipal officials ...

Alberta is no stranger to wildfire devastation. When the request came through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre for help in assisting California, Alberta Wildfire answered the call by ...

Alberta wildfire crews have already begun to perform prescribed burns around the province, ahead of the 2025 forest fire season. Starting on Jan. 6, 8,000 hectares around Ribbon Creek in ...