Welcome to the Fire Management Systems Laboratory site
University of Toronto
Faculty of Forestry
News and Events
The Firelab ran a pancake breakfast on January 21st 2010 to raise money for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Innumerable delicious pancakes were made and distributed as almost the entire Faculty of Forestry turned up to eat, socialize, and donate to an important cause. The event ran smoothly, everyone had a good time, and over $1000 was raised to buy food, clean drinking water, and personal hygiene kits for twenty families afflicted by the disaster.
The Firelab is involved in helping to organize the Wildland Fire Canada 2010 conference in Kitchener-Waterloo October 5-7, 2010. Details on this important event for Canadian forest fire management can be found at the conference web site.
"IAWF Awards Fire Science Scholarship to Kelsy Gibos" September 16, 2009
Canadian Operational Research Society Honours David Martell June 26, 2009 Toronto
GRADUATE Professional Masters Program
The course-oriented Master of Forest Conservation (MFC) can be structured to meet the needs of forest and wildland fire management professionals click here.
Experienced Fire Personnel Interested in Graduate School?
For information concerning forest fire management graduate school opportunities click here.
Graduate Student Assistantships in the Firelab
We are seeking graduate students to participate in the following research projects.
In the media
It's forest fire season: David Martell is interviewed by Paul Fraumeni. June30, 2009
New Partnership with Canadian Forest Service
The University of Toronto and Canadian Forest Service (CFS) recently partnered to develop a program in physical fire science based at the Faculty of Forestry at the University. This program focuses on research related to forest fire behaviour and the development of enhancements to the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS). read more
The Fire Behaviour Knowledge Base (FBKB) is now being hosted at fbkb.ca.
About Us
The staff and students associated with the Fire Management Systems Laboratory in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Toronto study the impact of fire in boreal forest ecosystems and use operational research methods and information technology to develop decision support systems for fire and forest managers.
