The RMA’s Wildfire Working Group (WWG) met throughout the summer of 2024 and again in January 2025 to develop a strategy to manage wildfires outside the Forest Protection Area (FPA), as requested by RMA resolution 7-23F: Strategy for Management of Wildland Fires Outside Forest Protection Area.
This work has culminated in RMA’s Wildfire Working Group Report, which provides 31 recommendations to the Government of Alberta, Government of Canada, municipalities, and other agencies and organizations. The board of the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association (AFCA) has endorsed the recommendations of this report, and RMA is grateful for their support on this important work. A summary report is also now available that presents the report’s key findings in a condensed format.
This work includes recommendations related to how respective parties prepare for, respond to, and recover from wildfires outside of the FPA. Additionally, the report provides an overview of previous after-action reports and presents the analysis of an RMA survey conducted in conjunction with the report. RMA is sending the report to the various ministries and agencies responsible for wildfire management requesting a response, and will report to members on progress in actioning the various recommendations in the coming months.
To explore the report in more detail, RMA will dedicate a plenary and workshop spot at the upcoming spring convention to this report. More details on the exact times will be available as the agenda is finalized.
Warren Noga
Manager of Policy and Research
825.319.2285
warren@rmalberta.com
Wyatt Skovron
General Manager of Policy & Advocacy
780.955.4096
wyatt@rmalberta.com