CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE INC.

Published purpose

The objective of this Project is to provide forest fire management services to provinces and territories through sharing of resources including: aircraft, equipment and fire suppression crews, and the sharing of information (e.g. community evacuations, weather forecasts, predicted fire occurrences). CIFFC will provide operational forest fire management services to participating agencies through: - Providing intelligence on the fire situation to all member agencies; - Coordinating movement of aircraft, personnel, equipment and specialty fire items such as communication networks and infrared line scanners across Canada; - Promoting developing, refining information management services to participating agencies that will improve forest fire management in Canada - Coordination and development of prevention and mitigation programs.