Alberta wildfire - Canada

Question 1

Where

Answer 1

• Canada’s Alberta province

- SW of Fort McMurray

Question 2

When

Answer 2

• May 1st 2016

Question 3

Nickname

Answer 3

• The beast

Question 4

Causes

Answer 4

• Favourable conditions = lack of snow, warmer than average and dry
• Start = 30 degrees and wind increased
• Intensity of fire = weather patterns - lightning = more fires
• Positive feedback

Question 5

Impacts

Answer 5

• 90,000 people fled
• Jobs, livelihood and transport affected
• 0 deaths
• 2400 homes burnt
• 25000 oil workers evacuated
• No electricity
• Contaminated water supply - ash polluted river
• 600,000ha of land affected
• Toxic waste
• Millions to tonnes of co2 released
• $9 billion damage
• Government = evacuation programmes

Question 6

Responses

Answer 6

• Monitor fire - satellite data + meteorological info - direction
• Fire warnings issued
• Mass evacuation = well organised
• Aircraft = evacuate oil sand workers
• Government - state of emergency = support from Canadian armed forces
• Water bombers + firefighters brought over from USA, Russia and Australia
• Government = $1250 per adult and 500 per dependent to evacuate
• 9th may = Canadian Red X = $50 million
• Online registry = help evacuees find accommodation + landlords offered reduced rates
• June - residents allowed to return
• Canadian PM = long term aid for rebuilding FM
• June - benefit concert = raise money