WildFireSat publications

WildFireSat is the first government-owned satellite mission designed to monitor all active wildland fires across Canada daily. This mission will provide timely, essential data to track fire activity and support fire management efforts. WildFireSat is a shared initiative between Natural Resources Canada, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Explore our collection of publications (planning, technical, research, promotional and educational, proceedings, e-bulletin) to see how the WildFireSat mission is supporting wildland fire management. New publications are added periodically.

Planning – strategic approaches for the WildFireSat mission

• WildFireSat pathway for implementation and uptake in provincial and territorial fire management agencies (2023)

Technical – detailed technical information and reports

• Coming soon

Research – peer-reviewed scientific publications

• Development of the User Requirements for the Canadian WildFireSat Satellite Mission (2020)
• Canadian Fire Management Agency Readiness for WildFireSat: Assessment and Strategies for Enhanced Preparedness (2023)
• A cost-benefit analysis of WildFireSat, a wildfire monitoring satellite mission for Canada (2024)

Promotional and Educational – general information to learn more about WildFireSat and satellite Earth observation

• Wildfires from Space: the end of MODIS Fire Data: an update on the MODIS and WildFireSat missions (2023)
• Wildfires from Space: a synthesis of satellite missions for active fire monitoring (2023)

Proceedings – summaries of key workshops and meetings

• Forming a constellation of connections: The 2023 WildFireSat stakeholders meeting (2023)

WildFireSat e-bulletins – information about the progress of the WildFireSat mission issued several times a year

• Current issue
• Previous issues