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CIFFC Research and Innovation Needs
CIFFC Research and Innovation Integration Committee is committed to delivering Research and Innovation workshops annually, addressing diverse facets of wildland fire management. These workshops and their resulting reports are a key portal into the Canadian wildland fire research and innovation needs.
In November 2023, the CIFFC Research and Innovation Integration Committee organized a three-day hybrid Fire Behaviour, Growth, and Decision-Making Workshop in Whitehorse, Yukon. The workshop aimed to address the issues encountered during the intense 2023 fire season by fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange among various stakeholders, including fire management agencies, First Nations representatives, researchers, and consultants. The primary goal was to share insights on observed fire behaviour, fire growth models, and decision-making processes to collectively understand challenges and work towards effective solutions.
The attached report summarizes the key discussions and insights from the workshop, providing valuable information for the wildfire management community.
The March 2023 workshop on wildfire aviation was a successful collaboration between the CIFFC Research and Innovation Integration Committee (RIIC), Aviation Working Group (AWG), and researchers with expertise in wildfire or aviation. The workshop aimed to identify the challenges in wildfire aviation, approaches to meet these challenges, and potential sources of data or intelligence to assist researchers who study these challenges. Furthermore, the workshop served as an opportunity for networking, as agency aviation representatives and researchers were introduced to each other, and they could build their respective awareness.
The attached report summarizes the key discussions and insights from the workshop.
In February 2025, a group of fire meteorologists, researchers, managers, and partners met at York University in Toronto, Canada, for a collaborative workshop organized by CIFFC’s Fire Meteorology Working Group. Over three days, workshop participants shared knowledge about their current practices, new innovations, knowledge gaps, risks and challenges, and opportunities for improving fire weather in Canada and beyond. These conversations continually returned to five major dimensions of fire meteorology: data; tools and analysis; personnel and capacity; integration into management; and communication with the public.
The attached report summarizes the key discussions and insights from the workshop.
In November 2023, the CIFFC Research and Innovation Integration Committee organized a three-day hybrid Fire Behaviour, Growth, and Decision-Making Workshop in Whitehorse, Yukon. The workshop aimed to address the issues encountered during the intense 2023 fire season by fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange among various stakeholders, including fire management agencies, First Nations representatives, researchers, and consultants. The primary goal was to share insights on observed fire behaviour, fire growth models, and decision-making processes to collectively understand challenges and work towards effective solutions.
The attached report summarizes the key discussions and insights from the workshop, providing valuable information for the wildfire management community.