Forecast layer
Dehcho smoke forecast
Use FireRadar's ECCC FireWork smoke forecast to see modelled smoke movement across and beyond Dehcho. Forecast smoke is not proof that a nearby wildfire is the source of local smoke.
Regional wildfire map · Northwest Territories
Dehcho wildfire map & smoke conditions
Track official wildfires and smoke across the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories, including Mackenzie and Liard river communities, boreal forest, highways, and remote travel routes.
Use the regional view to understand official incident geography across multiple communities, then compare forecast smoke and measured AQHI before drawing conclusions about local air quality.
Current direct-official data
Current Dehcho wildfire snapshot
Latest source update: Aug 14, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
Active official fires
72
Direct Northwest Territories incident points inside the curated Dehcho regional extent.
Out of control
69
Current active records whose official status is out/not under control.
Reported active hectares
728,636 ha
72 active regional records report a usable size.
Largest reported active fire
128,911 ha
ZF017-26
Regional membership is based on FireRadar's curated geographic extent and source-provided incident point locations. It is not an emergency boundary, predicted spread area, or municipal jurisdiction.
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The dashed outline is FireRadar's curated regional counting extent. Incident points, smoke forecasts, and AQHI observations are separate datasets and should not be interpreted as evacuation boundaries or fire-spread predictions. FireRadar regional extents may overlap near transition areas. Regional totals are useful local summaries and must not be added together to produce a province total.
Regional context
Wildfire context across Dehcho
The Dehcho is a vast boreal region of major river systems, Indigenous communities, wetlands, forest, resource activity, remote highways, winter roads, aviation routes, and long distances between services. Wildfires can affect community access, traditional land use, road and air travel, utilities, work sites, and smoke across a large area where a single community map cannot represent regional conditions.
Current official incidents
Active official wildfires in Dehcho
ZF017-26
Out of control · 128,911 ha
FS027-26
Out of control · 88,658 ha
Antoine Lake Complex (Fort Simpson - FS016-26/FS014-26)
Out of control · 66,708 ha
FS036-26
Out of control · 64,423 ha
FS038-26
Out of control · 47,616 ha
ZF052-26
Out of control · 44,898 ha
VQ040-26
Out of control · 33,501 ha
ZF029-26
Out of control · 30,331 ha
FS046-26
Out of control · 29,334 ha
FS015-26 (North of Wrigley)
Out of control · 28,524 ha
FS018-26
Out of control · 16,346 ha
ZF028-26
Out of control · 15,702 ha
Latest completed comparison
What changed around Dehcho
Matched regional examples from FireRadar's completed 2026-08-13 → 2026-08-14 direct-official comparison. The retained incident-detail list is intentionally bounded, so absence here is not presented as proof that nothing changed in the region.
No regional incident from the bounded daily detail list matched a current source-provided point inside this extent. Use the province comparison for the complete jurisdiction-level counts.
Measured conditions
Air quality and AQHI
AQHI and observed PM2.5 provide measured air-quality context and remain distinct from FireWork forecast smoke. Station coverage varies across a region, especially in rural and remote areas.
Northwest Territories air quality map →Local wildfire maps
Communities in the Dehcho regional cluster
Fort Simpson wildfire map
Track official Northwest Territories wildfires and smoke around Fort Simpson and the Dehcho region.
Fort Providence wildfire map
Track official wildfires and smoke around Fort Providence and the Mackenzie River corridor of the southern Northwest Territories.
Hay River wildfire map
Track official Northwest Territories wildfires and smoke around Hay River and the South Slave region.
Official source and emergency information
GNWT fire-detail pages are the source of truth. Matched geometry is placement context and may not be an exact perimeter.
FireRadar does not issue evacuation orders, emergency notices, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.
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