Case: Jasper, AB

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Overview

Brief Chronology: The fire starting on xxx due to xxx. Fire was classified as “being held” before xxx brought it out of control on xxx. xxx weather during xxx allowed the fire to continue to grow. Fire was xxx of the town of xxx. Winds were from the xxx, keeping flames xxx (see photo). On xxx, xxx Wildfire declared the fire to be under control. On xxx, the fire was finally extinguished.
Fire Facts: Fire ID: xxx. Official Name: "xxx" Total burned area: xxxha xxx days out of control Required xxx xxx personnel fighting this fire Evacuation Orders were issued for xxx, displacing over xxx residents from their homes.

News Stories, including Photos and Movies

•  Video of presentation by Landon Shepherd (Parks Canada, Oct 2025) about the first 2 weeks of fire evolution and firefighter response.  Source: https://www.canadawildfire.org/webinarsandcourses .
•  MacKinnon & Collins, (Oct 2025): "Jasper Wildfire: Community Impact Research".  FPInnovations. Report number WF TR 2025 N4. Source: https://library.fpinnovations.ca/link/fpipub11258 . 
• Link to more images. (under construction)

Timeline of Fire and Weather Evolution

•  Northern Forestry Center (2025): "Jasper Wildfire Complex 2024 Fire behaviour documentation, reconstruction, and analysis". NRCan nformation Report NOR-X-433.  Source: https://ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca/bitstreams/238ea58f-5dec-486e-9265-1212e357d72e/download 
• Link to a briefing of the situation. (under construction)

Maps and Data on Weather and Fire Conditions that You Can Access for this Event

1. Geography (Google Maps and XXX topo map, or Alberta topo map )
2. Antecedent conditions: Global Wildfire Info System: GWIS (turn on the Fire Danger Forecast, and select the date) .
3. Surface weather map from the NOAA Weather Prediction Center (WPC): Surface weather map (use the Calendar button to select the date, and then zoom to your region of interest). Also see an explanation of map symbols from the NOAA Jetstream tutorial site.
4. Polar-orbiting satellite views of thermal anomalies (i.e., wildfire hot spots) via NASA's Worldview of satellite-observed hot spots, (select the date at bottom left, turn on place labels and boarders/coastlines, select Terra and Aqua/ MODIS orbital tracks, and turn on Fires and Thermal Anomalies.
5. To see Synoptic Weather Maps for this case, use the Forecast Tools link at the top of this web page. Click on the xxx fire button, and use links in the left frame to select the weather maps you want to view. Use the arrow keys on your computer to step forward and backward in time.
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