About WildFireSat | Canadian Space Agency
WildFireSat is the first government-owned satellite mission set to monitor active wildfires across Canada on a daily basis, while also supporting wildfire monitoring internationally. This Canadian mission will provide timely, essential data to track fire activity and support fire management efforts. Canada's forests are vast and host some of the world's largest and most intense wildfires. Canada is home to over 367 million hectares of forest. This represents about 9% of all the world's forests and a quarter of the world's boreal forests. Climate change has a big impact on wildfires. It is creating longer wildfire seasons, more extreme weather, and more dry conditions – our forests could burn twice as much in the coming decades. During wildfire season, hundreds of wildfires can burn at the same time in any province or territory. Since there are not enough resources to fight them all, firefighters must prioritize and focus on the most dangerous and critical ones. Wildfires are a serious
WildFireSat is the first government-owned satellite mission set to monitor active wildfires across Canada on a daily basis, while also supporting wildfire monitoring internationally. This Canadian mission will provide timely, essential data to track fire activity and support fire management efforts. Canada's forests are vast and host some of the world's largest and most intense wildfires. Canada is home to over 367 million hectares of forest. This represents about 9% of all the world's forests and a quarter of the world's boreal forests. Climate change has a big impact on wildfires. It is crea
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