S2E4: Canadian Wildfires

This episode’s guest is Bruce Macnab, head of Canada's Wildland Fire Information System, featured in the June 14, 2023 edition of the Data Is Plural newsletter. Bruce describes how his team gathers that information, the obstacles they face, how they deal with uncertainty and varying source quality, and how their approach has changed in the decade since the project launched.

Relevant and mentioned links:

• Canadian Wildland Fire Information System
  • The agency’s datamart
  • Fire hotspot maps
  • Fire weather maps
  • Fire Weather Index System
• Historical data from the Canadian National Fire Database
• WildFireSat: Enhancing Canada's ability to manage wildfires

Theme music by Nikhil Sonnad.