NIPIGON, ON. –During the early morning hours of September 9, 2012 Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of a break and enter in progress at Polly Lake Road, off of Hwy 11, North of Lake Helen. At approximately 2:35 a.m. an alert citizen observed suspicious activity at a [Read more]
Forest fire situation update East Fire Region September 10, 2010 Next update will be issued on Friday, September 17 There were no new fires of note between September 7 to 10. Currently there are four fires being observed in the Cochrane District, no problems are anticipated. The fire hazard remains [Read more]
Forest fire situation update East Fire Region August 30, 2010 Two new fires were reported on August 29. North Bay 94, north of Temagami, was 0.1 hectares in size but has since been declared out. Wawa 32, a lightning fire north of Missinaibi Lake, is not under control at 0.4 hectares. On Saturday, [Read more]
This is the most recent report received, as of Aug.29-04:25 from the East Fire Region; to read Saturday, Aug.28th‘s report from the West Fire Region CLICK HERE Forest Fire Situation Update East Fire Region August 27, 2010 No new fires were reported on August 26. Two hundred staff will be [Read more]
Forest Fire Situation Update West Fire Region Saturday August 28, 2010 The forest fire hazard is high across northwestern Ontario. There is one new fire today in the West Fire Region. Thunder Bay Fire 60 is a small 0.1ha lightning caused fire burning on an island at Amik Lake north on hwy 527. All [Read more]
West Fire Region Thursday, August 19, 2010 There were no new fires reported in the West Fire Region by the evening of August 19. There were two new forest fires reported in the West Fire Region by day’s end August 18. Both fires were classed as human caused, located in the Nipigon District. [Read more]
East Fire Region July 30, 2010 Four new fires were confirmed in the East Fire Region on July 29. Algonquin Park 5 has been called out at 0.1 hectares. Algonquin Park 6, a 0.1 hectare lightning fire, has also been called out. Timmins 41, a lightning fire east of Donnegana Lake, has been called out. [Read more]
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources FireRangers are highly trained, experienced and dedicated personnel performing an essential service for the people of Ontario. The Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services Program is internationally recognized and FireRangers are a cornerstone of the [Read more]
Forest Fire Situation Update 1885-2010 Saluting Ontario’s FireRangers for 125 years of dedicated service Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources FireRangers are highly trained, experienced and dedicated personnel performing an essential service for the people of Ontario. The Aviation, Forest [Read more]
Forest fire situation update East Fire Region July 23, 2010 Five new fires were confirmed on July 22. Sudbury 128, near Lake Penage, was 0.1 hectares and has been called out. Algonquin Park 4, located in the southwestern section of the park, was 0.1 hectares and has also been called out. North Bay [Read more]
East Fire Region July 20, 2010 No new fires were reported on July 19. Two fires have been confirmed today, July 20. Sudbury 127, in the Garson area, is 0.1 hectares in size. Chapleau 30 is a lightning fire in the Montreal River area that is not under control at 4.5 hectares in size. There [Read more]
East Fire Region July 20, 2010 One new fire was reported on July 20. Sudbury 127, in the Skead Road area, was 0.1 hectares in size and has been called out. Campfires are part of enjoying the outdoors, however, each year campfires cause many wildfires. To ensure your campfire doesn’t become a [Read more]
West Fire Region Sunday, July 18, 2010 There were no new fires in the region for the third second day in a row. The forest fire hazard is low to moderate across the northwestern Ontario. On July 3rd, Kip Miller, a Fire Operations Supervisor from the Thunder Bay Fire Management Headquarters, had [Read more]
