Nova Scotia Wildfire Statistics
Fires by Month
|
Month
|
Number of Fires
|
Hectares
|
January
|
0
|
0
|
February
|
0
|
0
|
March
|
0
|
0
|
April
|
1
|
0.1
|
May
|
202
|
498.778
|
June
|
6
|
1.3679
|
July
|
12
|
11.973
|
August
|
8
|
1.18
|
September
|
18
|
3.751
|
October
|
0
|
0
|
November
|
0
|
0
|
December
|
0
|
0
|
TOTALS
|
247
|
517.1499
|
Specific Causes
|
Cause
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
Campfire
|
16
|
16.701
|
Debris Fire
|
62
|
60.2909
|
Exhaust System
|
1
|
0.4
|
Grass/Terrain
|
10
|
19.39
|
Incendiary Device
|
96
|
300.505
|
Other
|
22
|
58.63
|
Playing With Fire
|
3
|
3.1
|
Slash/Land Clearing
|
17
|
29.281
|
Smoking
|
6
|
11.152
|
Unknown
|
14
|
15.2
|
TOTALS
|
247
|
514.6499
|
Other Causes
|
Cause
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
ATV
|
1
|
0.14
|
Blueberry
|
3
|
6.6
|
Machine
|
3
|
3.3
|
Other
|
4
|
0.33
|
fire works
|
1
|
0.01
|
Jumping a car
|
1
|
0.1
|
person
|
1
|
0.2
|
Powerline
|
7
|
47.06
|
Structure
|
4
|
1.7
|
TOTALS
|
17
|
58.63
|
Hectares Burned by County
|
County
|
Number of Fires
|
Estimate Area Burned
|
Recorded Area Burned
|
Total Area Burned
|
Lunenburg
|
10
|
0
|
2.4
|
2.4
|
Queens
|
10
|
0.5
|
13.8
|
13.8
|
Shelburne
|
7
|
0
|
0.462
|
0.462
|
Yarmouth
|
8
|
0
|
160.005
|
160.005
|
Digby
|
6
|
0
|
0.79
|
0.79
|
Annapolis
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Kings
|
12
|
0
|
4.72
|
4.72
|
Hants
|
16
|
0
|
13
|
13
|
Hants East
|
8
|
0
|
11.16
|
11.16
|
Hants West
|
8
|
0
|
1.84
|
1.84
|
Halifax
|
25
|
0.2
|
28.4699
|
28.4689
|
Halifax East
|
18
|
0
|
27.7389
|
27.7389
|
Halifax West
|
7
|
0.2
|
0.731
|
0.931
|
Cumberland
|
14
|
0
|
23.97
|
23.97
|
Cumberland East
|
9
|
0
|
13.42
|
13.42
|
Cumberland West
|
5
|
0
|
10.55
|
10.55
|
Colchester
|
5
|
0
|
4.2
|
4.2
|
Pictou
|
28
|
0
|
21.93
|
21.93
|
Antigonish
|
6
|
0
|
8.72
|
8.72
|
Guysborough
|
9
|
0
|
63.363
|
63.363
|
Guysborough
|
4
|
0
|
13.763
|
13.763
|
Saint Mary's
|
5
|
0
|
49.6
|
49.6
|
Cape Breton
|
81
|
0
|
163
|
163
|
Inverness
|
4
|
0
|
5.21
|
5.21
|
Victoria
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Richmond
|
6
|
0
|
2.51
|
2.51
|
TOTALS
|
247
|
0.2
|
516.5499
|
516.7499
|
Who Reported the Fires
|
Discovery Agents
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
NR&R Staff
|
43
|
252.244
|
FW Patrol
|
1
|
0.3
|
Other
|
41
|
100.0279
|
Public
|
159
|
153.778
|
RW Patrol
|
3
|
8.3
|
TOTALS
|
247
|
514.6499
|
Fuel Types Burned
|
County
|
Softwood
|
Hardwood
|
Mixedwood
|
Slash
|
Open
|
Silviculture
|
Lunenburg
|
1.7
|
0
|
0.7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Queens
|
6.4
|
0
|
1.4
|
6.3
|
0
|
0.1
|
Shelburne
|
0.202
|
0
|
0.1
|
0.14
|
0.02
|
0
|
Yarmouth
|
65.8
|
0.3
|
62.2
|
0
|
31.705
|
0
|
Digby
|
0.22
|
0
|
0
|
0.56
|
0.01
|
0
|
Annapolis
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Kings
|
0.2
|
0
|
3.41
|
0
|
1.11
|
0
|
Hants
|
1.5
|
0.62
|
3.12
|
2.12
|
2
|
3.64
|
Hants East
|
1.5
|
0
|
2.12
|
1.9
|
2
|
3.64
|
Hants West
|
0
|
0.62
|
1
|
0.22
|
0
|
0
|
Halifax
|
1.612
|
0
|
0.4679
|
5.44
|
6.15
|
0
|
Halifax East
|
1.301
|
0
|
0.2479
|
5.44
|
5.75
|
0
|
Halifax West
|
0.311
|
0
|
0.22
|
0
|
0.4
|
0
|
Cumberland
|
0.31
|
0
|
2.93
|
17.98
|
2.75
|
0
|
Cumberland East
|
0.11
|
0
|
2.23
|
8.48
|
2.6
|
0
|
Cumberland West
|
0.2
|
0
|
0.7
|
9.5
|
0.15
|
0
|
Colchester
|
0.3
|
0
|
0.5
|
2.4
|
1
|
0
|
Pictou
|
1.4
|
4.41
|
3.74
|
8.78
|
2.4
|
1.2
|
Antigonish
|
0.08
|
0.2
|
0.63
|
2.06
|
5.75
|
0
|
Guysborough
|
11.6
|
3
|
1.5
|
36.003
|
11.26
|
0
|
Guysborough
|
6.3
|
0
|
0
|
0.003
|
7.46
|
0
|
Saint Mary's
|
5.3
|
3
|
1.5
|
36
|
3.8
|
0
|
Cape Breton
|
3.9
|
0
|
34.2
|
6.3
|
118.6
|
0
|
Inverness
|
0
|
1
|
0.6
|
0.8
|
2.81
|
0
|
Victoria
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Richmond
|
1.26
|
0
|
0.3
|
0.39
|
0.56
|
0
|
TOTALS
|
96.284
|
9.53
|
120.2979
|
89.273
|
196.125
|
4.94ha
|