Information from the In-season Situational Awareness Briefing for Indigenous Partners on the 2025 Wildland Fire Season.

Purpose
To provide Indigenous partners with updates on the overall current fire situation provincially and identify available information resources for continued awareness. These sessions are not designed to provide operational information specific to a particular fire, community or geographic sector, or to support local decision-making.

Wildland Fire Situational Awareness Briefings

  • These briefings are focused on delivering general wildland fire situational awareness information and to open a two-way form of communication between the Ministry and those impacted by wildland fires.
  • The briefings are not designed for urgent, emergency decision-making or to determine courses of action (strategies and tactics) related to safety.
  • Information for decision-making is provided through regular established planning venues (e.g., community level, joint command, Ministry and partner decision-making tables).
  • During the fire season, AFFES will manage the frequency and content of in-year briefings according to the level of fire hazard and/or (AFFES/MNRF Level of Fire Preparedness).
  • ONTARIO Current Preparedness Level = 4
  • NATIONAL Current Preparedness Level = 5
  • As the fire situation is highly dynamic, briefing information provided as well as information provided through provided sources/links may not be the most current information.

For More Information:

Restricted Fire Zone and Implementation Order maps can be found on the www.ontario.ca/page/forest-fires

Situational Updates – Ontario.ca Forest, wildland and outdoor fires https://www.ontario.ca/page/forest-wildland-and-outdoor-fires

Forest Fire Info Map https://www.lioapplications.lrc.gov.on.ca/ForestFireInformationMap/index.html?viewer=FFIM.FFIM

We can be reached via email at:
AFFES.IndigenousRelations@ontario.ca

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