Wildfire Situation Update: Public Information Summary Wednesday July 09, 2015 @ 0900h

SUMMARY

Fires 2015 YTD 601 2014 YTD 218 >100 ha 60 ACTIVE FIRES 118 NEW FIRES 9 FIRE STATUS Not Contained 20 Protecting Values 10 Contained 11 Assessment 77 Personnel 584 personnel & 360 troops Helicopters 54 Tankers 23 Fixed Wing 8

For wildfire information call: 1-800-567-4224 Social services number for evacuation information is: 1-888-953-3463 For travel information on road closures call: 1-888-335-7623

INFORMATION  For up-to-date fire activity information, including maps, reports, and air quality information, visit: www.environment.gov.sk.ca/fire  Fire Ban in effect across the provincial forest. PA National Park has also issued a Fire Ban.  For Smoke and Air Quality update access website: www.Firesmoke.ca  Reference to Parks Culture and Sport for parks/rec site information www.saskparks.net  Smoke from wildfires will impact from to the Manitoba border.  Smoke is a health issue across all northern areas. Many communities in the northern provincial forest are evacuating health impacted individuals.  Smoke condition are making suppression operations difficult across the province.  All wildfires of concern currently burning except the Bryan Fire are Full or Modified Response Zone fires.  Highways and roads across the north are open and closed intermittently depending on smoke and wildfire conditions.  Mayor of La Loche declared total evacuation of community, and Chief of Clearwater Dene Nation ordered the same for CRDN, on late afternoon of June 29  Full evacuation of area declared Jul 5.  Wildfires currently burning that are threatening communities are being directly actioned by wildfire management personnel.

Evacuated Provincial Campgrounds/Rec Sites: Devil Lake Little Deer Lake Recreation Site Wadin Bay Ramsey Bay Recreation Site Mckay Lake Recreation Site Nemeiben Lake