Document

Title

Winter wildfires?
Document Type: Magazine Article
Author(s): Martin E. Alexander; Mark J. Heathcott; Randall L. Schwanke
Publication Year: 2012

Cataloging Information

Keyword(s):
  • Alberta
  • Canada
  • Chinook wind
  • grassfire
  • wildfire
  • winter
Topic(s):
Region(s):
  • International
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Record Maintained By:
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Record Last Modified: March 27, 2018
FRAMES Record Number: 13424

Description

We normally don't think these two go hand in hand - don't wildfires generally occur during the spring and summer seasons of the year? Well, the two wildfires that broke out on Sunday, November 27, 2011 in southern Alberta definitely dispelled that myth.

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Citation:
Alexander, M.; Heathcott, M.; Schwanke, R. 2012. Winter wildfires? FireSmart Farm and Ranch Magazine 2012 (Fall/Winter): 18.