Wildfire context for Kootenays
The Kootenays combine steep mountain terrain, forested valleys, lakes, remote recreation areas, rural properties, rail and highway corridors, and communities separated by long travel distances. Wildfire impacts can be highly local while smoke and transportation effects spread across multiple valleys.
Why this place-level view is useful
A regional page is useful for people moving between Cranbrook, Kimberley, Fernie, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, and surrounding lake and mountain areas. FireRadar keeps the regional overview connected to fixed local pages rather than flattening the whole area into one incident count.
Smoke forecast and air quality
Wildfire smoke forecast and measured air-quality information answer different questions. FireRadar keeps ECCC forecast smoke and AQHI observations separate so a model forecast is not presented as a local air-quality measurement.
Official wildfire source for British Columbia
Official incident markers come from the BC Wildfire Service feed. Marker locations are informational and do not replace official emergency notices or local emergency instructions.
Emergency, closure, and travel information
FireRadar is an informational wildfire map. It does not issue evacuation instructions, park closures, road closures, travel advisories, or fire-spread predictions. Follow the applicable provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, parks, transportation, and emergency authorities for operational decisions.