20TDRAFD958 - 2019 Forest Fire Polygon Data Capture

Because of weather conditions in the summer and fall of 2018, Forest Management Branch (FMB) was unable to acquire the imagery for all 2018 fires, leaving approximately 20,494 ha from five fires that have not been interpreted to Wildfire Management Branch (WMB) standards. Normally FMB captures the fire boundaries in-house, but interpreting the 20,494 ha would mean that FMB would not be able to capture any other fire boundaries from the 2019 fire season. The imagery for these fires has already been acquired in April 2019.

To date, there are 21 D and E class fires throughout the province, including three large fires. The Chuckegg Creek Fire has burned approximately 334,842 ha and is still out of control. The McMillan Wildfire Complex has four fires with an approximate area of 275,278 ha, with the largest fire in the complex classified as under control. The Jackpot Creek fire is classified as under control with an estimated area of 74,332 ha.

FMB requires contractors to capture forest fire polygons for the five fires from the 2018 fire season as well as the Chuckegg Creek Fire, the Jackpot Creek Fire and the McMillan Wildfire Complex. The successful completion of this service requires the vendor to provide photo-interpreter(s) with previous experience in delineating wildfire polygons.

The objective of this project is to capture the outer extent of the burned areas and the attributes of the polygons within the fire, using digital imagery (30 cm or 40 cm 4-band colour IR). The imagery will be acquired during the summer of 2019.