View official wildfires and smoke across west coast Vancouver Island, including Port Alberni approaches, coastal forest, remote recreation areas, and the Highway 4 travel corridor.
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.
This region uses an approximate FireRadar boundary and wildfire locations published by the source. It is not an emergency boundary, predicted spread area or municipal boundary.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada FireWork
Checking the latest official ECCC FireWork forecast status. Model issuance, forecast coverage and source status will appear when confirmed. Missing forecast data does not mean the air is clear.
Coverage: This is a regional forecast, not a local measurement. Smoke conditions can vary across West Coast Vancouver Island.
View official source →Source and FireRadar check times may differ. Page preparation is separate from this live status check.
Checking the latest official ECCC AQHI observation. The value, reporting location and observation time will appear when confirmed. Missing data does not mean the air is clean or the health risk is low.
Open the AQHI observation map →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.
West coast Vancouver Island contains dense coastal forest, steep mountain terrain, logging and resource roads, remote communities, major recreation destinations, and transportation corridors with limited alternatives. Fires can affect highway access, forestry, tourism, backcountry travel, utilities, and smoke differently across the coast, making a broader regional view useful alongside individual community pages.
Examples from the completed 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-02 comparison. See the provincial report for the full list.
Use FireRadar's ECCC FireWork smoke forecast to see modelled smoke movement across and beyond West Coast Vancouver Island. Forecast smoke is not proof that a nearby wildfire is the source of local smoke.
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.
British Columbia air quality map →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.
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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