INDUSTRY AND WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT
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Dave Schroeder, Alberta SRD
INDUSTRY AND WILDFIRE INDUSTRY AND WILDFIRE INDUSTRY AND WILDFIRE INDUSTRY AND WILDFIRE
MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENTMANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT
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Oil and Gas (all of Alberta)
-15, 500 operating production facilities
- 85,760 Active well sites (oil/gas/water)
- 2009-2010 – 26,000 planned flaring events
- 135, 973 km pipelines (note some corridors have
multi-lines)
- Power Transmission (within Forest Protection
area)
- 6,305 km (does not include distribution)
- Rail lines
-2,170 km
BACKGROUNDBACKGROUNDBACKGROUNDBACKGROUND
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IGNITION SOURCEIGNITION SOURCEIGNITION SOURCEIGNITION SOURCE
Human Caused Wildfires by General Class (1990-2009)
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IGNITION SOURCEIGNITION SOURCEIGNITION SOURCEIGNITION SOURCE
Hectares Burned by Human Caused Wildfires, General Class (1990-2009)
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NEED FOR PROTECTIONNEED FOR PROTECTIONNEED FOR PROTECTIONNEED FOR PROTECTION
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NEED FOR PROTECTIONNEED FOR PROTECTIONNEED FOR PROTECTIONNEED FOR PROTECTION
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•More people/infrastructure to protect =
more resource requirements
•Evacuations
•Site access constraints
•1000’s workers
•Workers spread across landscape
•Staff turnover is high – difficult in maintaining contacts
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSION
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• Highly trained workers – especially if equipment
being used
• Lot of fuel breaks (pipeline etc.) = good, that can turn
into fuel wicks = bad
• Lots of people and flights = good for detection
• Potential to use new air strips for tankers
• More road access and heavy equipment available!
• Lot more fuel breaks or not….ask Colleen Mooney!
INDUSTRY IS COOPERATIVE:INDUSTRY IS COOPERATIVE:INDUSTRY IS COOPERATIVE:INDUSTRY IS COOPERATIVE:
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WILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSION
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WILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSION
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WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT ----
FIREWEBFIREWEBFIREWEBFIREWEB
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ON LINE FIRE INFOON LINE FIRE INFOON LINE FIRE INFOON LINE FIRE INFO
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WILDFIRE THREAT ASSESSMENT WILDFIRE THREAT ASSESSMENT WILDFIRE THREAT ASSESSMENT WILDFIRE THREAT ASSESSMENT
MODELMODELMODELMODEL
Potential fire behaviour
Fire occurence
Values at risk
Fire suppression capability
Spring Summer Fall
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WILDFIRE THREAT ASSESSMENT WILDFIRE THREAT ASSESSMENT WILDFIRE THREAT ASSESSMENT WILDFIRE THREAT ASSESSMENT
MODELMODELMODELMODELC
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RUNDLEFOREBAY
LowModerateHighExtreme
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•Fire bans are common, not closures
•2007 - Forest closure in Southern Rockies
• BUI > 160
• Aug 01 – Sept 12
• Industry directly impacted
•Requires Ministerial Order and minimum 2 days to implement
BANS AND CLOSURESBANS AND CLOSURESBANS AND CLOSURESBANS AND CLOSURES
“It was a lot simpler then, there were fewer
people and less agencies involved. We made
the decision and there was not a lot of
stakeholder consultation. I got a call from
Calgary to close the gate, so I did.”
Dennis York, Assistant Ranger
Highwood Ranger Station, 1970
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Industry impacted by:
• Shut downs/evacuation of individual sites
• Access loss through road closure
• Power interruption
• Pipeline interruption
• Air quality due to smoke
• Loss of production …. CRITICAL
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSIONWILDFIRE SUPPRESSION
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PREVENTIONPREVENTIONPREVENTIONPREVENTION
Fires are irregular!
Infrequent loss of production
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PREVENTIONPREVENTIONPREVENTIONPREVENTION
On – line data:
• Flaring Notification
• Powerline Hazard Assessment Plan
• Industrial Wildfire Control Plans
•Dedicated staff within SRD
prevention section
•Industry Wildfire Prevention
Group
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OBJECTIVES:
-Increase personnel safety
-Improve emergency response
-Reduce economic loss
-Protect infrastructure
-Reduce liability
Available at:
www.partnersinprotection.ab.ca
Available at:
www.partnersinprotection.ab.ca
Next Steps:
-2010 – Field Manual
-Enform Training
PREVENTIONPREVENTIONPREVENTIONPREVENTION
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CAPP Initiative
Assist upstream oil and gas
industry in
-Preventing industry cause
wildfires
-Mitigating the impact of
wildfires on infrastructure,
operations, liability, personnel
safety and the environment.
Available at:
www.partnersinprotection.ab.ca
PREVENTIONPREVENTIONPREVENTIONPREVENTION
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Wildlife Retention
Mulch 3m Grid
Photo credit: Encana
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RESEARCHRESEARCHRESEARCHRESEARCH
http://fire.feric.ca/2010001631/AD-11-25.pdf
http://fire.feric.ca/36202003/AD_10_3.pdf
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RUMSFELD 101 RUMSFELD 101 RUMSFELD 101 RUMSFELD 101 …………....
Are the unknowns:
Known – climate, insects, industry expansion?
Unknown – can we adapt? If not, reactor better?
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PREVENTION (IF TIME)PREVENTION (IF TIME)PREVENTION (IF TIME)PREVENTION (IF TIME)
Threshold incompatibilityAbility to suppress fires (read: prevent industry stoppage)
VS
expectation
Likelihood of suppression success
Likelihood of production loss
Fire hazard/Fire situation (ha’s, #’s)
Present Future
Red line won’t move, blue line probably will