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Alberta Wildfires
With wildfires ongoing across much of rural Alberta, the RMA wildfire hub is intended to provide members with the most up-to-date public information possible, as well as links to key resources to support communications and decision-making.
Alberta Wildfire Status Dashboard
Wildfires of Note
Government of Alberta Releases
- May 16, 2023: Update 13: Alberta wildfire situation
- Helping wildfire evacuees replace missing ID
- May 14, 2023: Update 11: Alberta wildfire situation
- May 13, 2023: Update 10: Alberta wildfire situation
- May 12, 2023: Update 9: Alberta wildfire situation
- May 11, 2023: Update 8: Alberta wildfire situation
- May 10, 2023: Update 7: Alberta wildfire situation
- May 9, 2023: Update 6: Alberta wildfire situation
- May 8, 2023: Update 5: Alberta wildfire situation
- May 8, 2023: Emergency financial help for wildfire evacuees
- May 7, 2023: Update 4: Alberta wildfire situation
- May 6, 2023: Alberta declares provincial state of emergency
Ongoing Wildfire Information
Additional Links and Resources
- Municipal Wildfire Assistance Program
- Disaster Recovery Program
- Forest area contact information
- Contact the Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies to inquire about room for evacuated livestock
- Contact the wildfire resource line at 310-4455 with any agriculture and livestock related questions
- Any municipalities that are offering support to those impacted can email their offers to emergencysupportoffers@gov.ab.ca (NEW as of May 11, 2023)
- Evacuees can attend nightly telephone town halls with government and partner organizations to get answers to their questions.
- Service Canada: Applying for EI, Service Canada online services, and How to access services.
- Alberta and Canada to match Canadian Red Cross donations to support Alberta wildfire response
- Compensation for volunteer firefighters: the Alberta Wildland Urban Interface Guidelines and the Wildfire Payment Directive. If you have questions or need more information, please contact drp.info@gov.ab.ca.