Fire Program

The Manitoba Fire Program provides fire location maps formatted for viewing in; Google Earth (2012 Fires KMZ) as well as in industry standard ESRI shapefile format (2012 Fire ZIP). These operational map products are a compilation of data from various sources including the crews who suppress the fires, the MODIS satellite, and hand rendered maps. The maps are updated daily between 11:30 AM and 1:30PM, and are provided in an "as is" condition complete with any errors and omissions that may have occurred.

The maps reflect the best information electronically available at the moment the map was created. The fire shapes and sizes may differ from the actual fire occurrence due to changing weather conditions and a variety of natural, electronic, and human factors beyond the control of Manitoba Conservation.

Fire sizes are generally increasing during the active fire months, and more static during the over winter non fire period. It should be noted that final sizes and shapes may change during the off season period, as corrections are made in preparing a final mapped layer for the season.

A text listing of all 2012 fires to date can be found here.

Year to date regional fire maps are available here; Northeast Region, Northwest Region, Eastern Region, Western Region, Central Region, with a provincial scale map here.