Forest fire season has been off to a busy start across Canada, and according to most predictions, that won’t change anytime soon.
Much of the country is expected to be under high to extreme risk for most of the wildfire season.
But what goes into determining that rating? And when you see your region on a fire map shaded in red, labelled at extreme risk for a forest fire, how concerned should you be?
“If you’re hearing that you’re in high or extreme fire danger, number one, it represents that fuels are available to burn and will ignite easily,” said Neal McLoughlin, the superintendent of
