![]() ![]() The original manual process had been cumbersome, requiring their Emergency Operations staff to review the active and new wildfires each day using the BC Wildfire Service web map, and then open the FortisBC GIS and manually identify each active location, comparing the two maps to check for wildfire threats to the assets. So when the wildfires raged, they were ready. Thankfully for FortisBC, the largest natural gas utility and second largest electrical utility in the province, their GIS team had the serendipitous foresight to automate their wildfire threat assessment process early this year. Nearly 12,000 km2 of land burned this year, 3,000 km2 more than in 1958, the previous record holder.Īpproximately 65,000 people were evacuated from their homes, and firefighting efforts have cost the province $510 million. With more than 100 wildfires still burning, 2017 is officially the worst fire season on record. ![]() This wildfire photo was one of many posted on the BC Wildfire Service Facebook Page this summer, as they kept the public informed through the worst fire season in the province’s history.Īs summer came to a close here in British Columbia, Canada, you could hear a collective sigh of relief across the province.
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