We operate the Centre for Wildfire Research, Education, Training and Innovation—a hub dedicated to advancing knowledge and practices in wildfire management, ensuring communities and ecosystems are better prepared and more resilient.
TRU Wildfire addresses the growing challenges of extreme fire behaviour and its impacts. At the heart of our partnership with the BC Wildfire Service, TRU Wildfire integrates research, education, training and innovation to create solutions for a changing world.
World-class expertise
Home to an ever-growing team of researchers
leading the way in fire science, community resilience, application of new technology and more.
Unparalleled partnerships
Collaborating with BC Wildfire Service,
Indigenous partners and policymakers across Western Canada.
Strategic location
Situated in Kamloops, BC—one of the busiest
wildfire response regions globally and home to the BC Wildfire Service Provincial Wildfire Coordination
Centre.
Stay informed with the latest fire weather conditions and what they mean for British Columbia, Canada and beyond.
Each week during the wildfire season, Dr. Mike Flannigan will share a five- to 10-day fire weather outlook for Canada. This is a first step in developing a national early warning system for wildfire in Canada. The fire weather outlook will be posted every Tuesday.
Canada fire weather outlook
Theme: Fire in a Changing World
Venue: the Mountain Room in the CAC (TRU Conference Centre, Thompson Rivers University, 1055 University Dr, Kamloops BC V2C 0C8)
Wildfire regimes are being reshaped at unprecedented rates across British Columbia and around the globe. Longer fire seasons, shifting climatic conditions, changing land-use practices, and evolving governance frameworks are transforming both the behaviour of fire and its impacts on ecosystems and societies. Fire in a Changing World aims to bring together natural and social scientists, practitioners, and knowledge holders to critically examine wildfire in this era of rapid change.
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Wildfire Symposium ScheduleTRU is an official partner for World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 2026. Through leading-edge wildfire research, digital innovation and strong community partnerships, TRU is helping build more resilient ecosystems and wildfire-ready communities. Learn how our work is making a local and global impact.
Read moreTRU Wildfire's Centre for Wildfire Research, Education, Training, and Innovation represents years of dedicated effort to address the urgent challenges posed by a changing climate. By prioritizing practice to research and research to practice, TRU is responding to the escalating frequency and severity of wildfires to build a safer and more prepared future.
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Innovation, which combines research with applied thinking to solve a challenge, can significantly transform wildfire management.
Advancing or developing new technology, practices and tools can solve challenges surrounding wildfire prevention, preparedness and response. This includes improved incident management and safer operational environments for wildland firefighters.
TRU and the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) are working together to identify opportunities for innovation, and to quickly test and implement innovation directly within wildfire operations. This includes testing and trialing new ideas, technology, equipment and practices.
Accessing and sharing expertise, resources and assets is vital for progress. TRU Wildfire helps accelerate innovation by bringing together government, universities, Indigenous groups, research groups and industry, and linking the necessary resources to find solutions.
Through the IWSAR, TRU is already integrating machine learning and AI to improve current wildfire modeling and predictive outcomes. BCWS is conducting studies and pilots on a variety of wildfire-related topics, including firefighter health, insights from Indigenous firefighting experience, night vision goggles for helicopter pilots, fire-suppressing foams, and drone technology for aerial ignitions and infrared scanning of hot spots. Discoveries and innovations will cycle back into TRU Wildfire’s research, education and training.
Our TRU Wildfire experts are available to provide insights and expertise on wildfire science. Be inspired by the stories of students, faculty, and researchers making a difference.
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