MNRF - Emergency Operations Centre Provincial Situation Report Date: October 09, 2014 CIFFC is at Preparedness Level 1 – Ontario is at Level 1 New Fires – There were no new fires in the province yesterday. Wildfire West East Total New Fires Yesterday 0 0 0 Active Fires Today 0 0 0 Total Fires To Date 128 172 300 Total HA To Date 1220 4166 5386 The above numbers do not include prescribed burns Ontario Fires to date - Last Year 578 Hectares to date - Last Year 51,084 Fires to date - 10 Year Avg. 1,094 Hectares to date - 10 Year Avg. 110,889 Current Situation Ongoing Fires – There are three prescribed fires currently active in the province. No problems are expected. Flood – Water levels and stream flows remain within the normal range for this time of year across the province. For further details see the current flood message at the link below. Emergency Response – Declared Emergencies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Poplar Hill FN (2014-09-05) – Critical Infrastructure Failure Shoal Lake #39 (2014-08-08) – Flooding Wauzhushk Onigum (2014-06-30) – Flooding Naicatchewenin FN (2014-06-24) – Flooding Nigigoonsiminikaaning FN (2014-06-21) – Flooding Siene River FN (2014-06-20) – Flooding Emo Township (2014-06-17) – Flooding Town of Rainy River (2014-06-13) – Flooding Town of Fort Frances (2014-06-12) – Flooding Couchiching FN (2014-06-12) – Flooding Constance Lake FN (2014-06-10) – Flooding Chippewas of Nawash FN (2014-06-06) – Critical Infrastructure Failure Grassy Narrows FN (2014-05-27) – Flooding Town of Kapuskasing (2014-05-11) – Host Community Evacuations – Long term evacuees from the community of Kashechewan will remain out of their community until repairs to their homes has been completed. Preparedness Planning Fire - The fire hazard will remain low to moderate across the province today. No problems are expected. Smoke - No issues. Flood - Currently there are no areas that are cause for concern. Conditions will continue to be monitored by the Ministry Emergency Operations Centre and updates provided as necessary. For current flood message see: www.ontario.ca/flooding Provincial Weather Synopsis http://intra.affes.MNRF.gov.on.ca/Bulletin_Boards/Province/AMSYNOPSIS.doc Prediction of Fire Occurrence Human 0-1 Lightning 0-1 Provincial Resources Out of Province: Imported - None Exported To British Columbia 160 – Power Pumps 4433 – Lengths of Hose Planned Resource Moves Returning from British Columbia Equipment returns continue. Incident Management Teams Type 1 - None Contract Fire Crews Type 2 - None Air Tankers/Helicopters – Alerts as per Regional Strategic Operating Plans CL415 Twin Otters Helicopters West 2 0 0 East 0 0 0 Total 2 0 0 National Summary http://www.ciffc.ca/firewire/current.php Ministry Emergency Operations Centre (MEOC) Staffing Function Phone Number MEOC 705-945-5750 FAX 705-945-5785 PERC Hotline 1-866-898-7372 Provincial Duty Officer, Work 705-945-5751 Bryan Tarini Planning Officer, Work 705-945-5759 Wayne Thompson Personnel Officer, Work 705-945-5760 Not activated Emergency Response Officer, Work 705-945-5752 Not activated Provincial Logistics Officer, Work 807-476-2289 Cell 807-627-0478 Kathryn Harnden Response Support, Work 705-945-5795 Sally Devoe / Carol Colombo Weather Technician, Work 705-945-5764 Helen Zhao / Bill Whitaker Bryan Tarini Provincial Duty Officer MEOC Sally D