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2024 Wildfires Resources and Information
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With 2024 predicted to be an especially bad wildfire year, and communities already being heavily affected this early in the year, we want to highlight official sources of information given how quickly the situation can change.

Fire Resources

Emergency Info BC

Up to date list of evacuation alerts and orders.

EMCR Wildfire Map

Shows all known wildfires in the province.

DriveBC

Detailed road closures due to wildfires.

Current Fort Nelson Evacuation Info

Evacuation Order 0830 May 13th

Evacuee Registration
North Rockies Municipal Information

Donation Links

Many service providers in British Columbia will see increased demand due to the wildfires and evacuations. If you can spare it, consider donating to these organizations:

Central Okanagan Food Bank
Greater Vancouver Food Bank
Disaster Aid Canada
BC SPCA

Smoke Resources:

BCCDC Wildfire Smoke Information
Information from UBC on how to adapt to the smoky conditions
BC Childrens Hospital Recommendations for Protecting Children

Air Quality and Smoke Monitoring

Firesmoke.ca Smoke Forecast

The best place to get accurate air quality data are the agencies that collect that data in the first place:

Metro Vancouver Airmap

BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy:

Home page

AQHI Map

If you want to view “citizen science” data in addition to the government data, you can check out PurpleAir

Please feel free to share additional resources in the comments and we’ll do what we can to update this list.

Weekly Vancouver Discussion, Q&A, and Recommendations

A friendly reminder that left turns (onto a one way street only!) on a red are legal in B.C.
A friendly reminder that left turns (onto a one way street only!) on a red are legal in B.C.
Discussion

Basically, the title. I made just such a left today (after coming to a full, complete stop and checking if I could make the turn safely) with not only a passenger in my car who freaked out, but people honked. Like, wtf? So, I googled it when I got home to make sure the law hadn't changed and apparently we're the only province with this law. In Alberta, you can make the same turn, but only from a one way onto a one way.

Were you aware of this law?