Alberta wildfire case study
describe the landscape of Alberta - ANS - 1) fort McMurray is a beautiful urban area
which covers 59.89km2 in the northeast of Alberta, Canada.
2) The city is surrounded by boreal forest and 2 main rivers: Athabasca river and clear
water river.
3) there are also several peat bogs within the forest.
\economic primary effects - ANS - 9 major oil companies had to close (including
syncrude and suncor)
2) 600 oil work camp units destroyed
3) damaged cost of $9 billion across fort mcmurray
\economic secondary effects - ANS - 1/3 of all Canada's oil output lost
\environmental primary effects - ANS - 1) 230000 hectares burnt by Tuesday
2) recovery took longer due to mix of boreal forest, aspen, spruce and peatlands.
3) released millions of tonnes of co2
4) mobilised contaminants like mercury, lead and organic compounds from cars and
houses made the smoke more toxic
5) smoke travelled across the gulf coast, 3400km away
\environmental secondary effects - ANS - 1) there was a toxic surge into the Athabasca
river after the first rainfall since the start of the fire
2) Huge amounts of toxic ash and waste to dispose of
\explain the population density of alberta - ANS - the land area of alberta is 640081.87
square kilometers with a population density of 5.7 persons per square kilometre.
\give background on the fire - ANS - on may 1st, 2016 at 9:57pm a wildfire began to
sweep the centennial trailer Park and the neighbourhoods of prairie creek and gregoire
at the southwest of fort mcmurray, Alberta, Canada.
\give the climate patterns in alberta - ANS - alberta has 4 seasons but the summers are
very hot, daytime highs are normally 20 to 25 and can get up to 30s but the winter is
very cold, in Jan and feb daytime temperatures range from -5 to -15°c They can drop as
low to -40°c for short periods of time. alberta has 312 sunny days annually.
\How did the size of the fire affect peoples perceptions - ANS - Many people were
terrified about the fire, beause although Alberta had had fires before, this was the
largest wildfire event in Albertas history, so it was a lot bigger than people had ever
seen before, therefore they were more fearful but also more accepting to just let the fire
wildfire run its coarse because its too big for them to do anything about it.
\How does population density effect peoples perceptions - ANS - Alberta is Canadas
fourth most populated province, This means it has a large population, this means there
describe the landscape of Alberta - ANS - 1) fort McMurray is a beautiful urban area
which covers 59.89km2 in the northeast of Alberta, Canada.
2) The city is surrounded by boreal forest and 2 main rivers: Athabasca river and clear
water river.
3) there are also several peat bogs within the forest.
\economic primary effects - ANS - 9 major oil companies had to close (including
syncrude and suncor)
2) 600 oil work camp units destroyed
3) damaged cost of $9 billion across fort mcmurray
\economic secondary effects - ANS - 1/3 of all Canada's oil output lost
\environmental primary effects - ANS - 1) 230000 hectares burnt by Tuesday
2) recovery took longer due to mix of boreal forest, aspen, spruce and peatlands.
3) released millions of tonnes of co2
4) mobilised contaminants like mercury, lead and organic compounds from cars and
houses made the smoke more toxic
5) smoke travelled across the gulf coast, 3400km away
\environmental secondary effects - ANS - 1) there was a toxic surge into the Athabasca
river after the first rainfall since the start of the fire
2) Huge amounts of toxic ash and waste to dispose of
\explain the population density of alberta - ANS - the land area of alberta is 640081.87
square kilometers with a population density of 5.7 persons per square kilometre.
\give background on the fire - ANS - on may 1st, 2016 at 9:57pm a wildfire began to
sweep the centennial trailer Park and the neighbourhoods of prairie creek and gregoire
at the southwest of fort mcmurray, Alberta, Canada.
\give the climate patterns in alberta - ANS - alberta has 4 seasons but the summers are
very hot, daytime highs are normally 20 to 25 and can get up to 30s but the winter is
very cold, in Jan and feb daytime temperatures range from -5 to -15°c They can drop as
low to -40°c for short periods of time. alberta has 312 sunny days annually.
\How did the size of the fire affect peoples perceptions - ANS - Many people were
terrified about the fire, beause although Alberta had had fires before, this was the
largest wildfire event in Albertas history, so it was a lot bigger than people had ever
seen before, therefore they were more fearful but also more accepting to just let the fire
wildfire run its coarse because its too big for them to do anything about it.
\How does population density effect peoples perceptions - ANS - Alberta is Canadas
fourth most populated province, This means it has a large population, this means there
