Wildfire context around Yellowknife
Yellowknife is connected to remote communities and extensive boreal terrain across the Northwest Territories. FireRadar shows official GNWT records where map placement can be matched, but users should follow territorial and local emergency authorities.
Official source for Northwest Territories
GNWT fire-detail pages are the source of truth. Matched geometry is placement context and may not be an exact perimeter.
Open Government of the Northwest Territories Environment and Climate Change →How to read nearby results
Distances are calculated from the centre of the selected location to the point supplied for each record. A fire can be large, irregularly shaped, remote, or represented by a reference point rather than an exact perimeter.
Emergency information
FireRadar does not issue evacuation orders, emergency alerts, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.