Table 2 



NUMBER OF FOREST FIRES AND AREA BURNED OVER BY MONTHS 



1962 1963 1964 



Months Fires Acres Fires Acres Fires Acres 



March — — 3 10 — — 



April 135 1,302 311 3,321 164 4,212 



May 249 1,715 227 13,593 395 8,630 



June 248 4,178 266 27,030 337 6,980 



July 466 2,686 550 7,113 620 7,478 



August 296 3,618 118 125 141 101 



September 99 200 86 108 47 21 



October 23 93 290 3,490 65 252 



November 5 12 34 1,348 60 450 



' Totals 1,521 13304 l7885 56JL38 1,829 28424" 



1965 



Fires 



Acres 



1,218 19,904 



1%6 



Fires 



Acres 



1,921 14,415 



Table 3 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST FIRES BY SIZE 



1962 

 No. 



V4 acre and under 670 



Over V4 to 10 acres 744 



Over 10 to 100 acres 84 



Over 100 to 500 acres 17 



Over 500 acres 6 



Totals 1,521 



1,885 



1,829 



1,218 



1,921 



Table 4 



NUMBER OF FIRES BY MEANS OF DETECTION 



1963 



Fire Lookout Towers 620 



Lands and Forests Aircraft 206 



Commercial Aircraft 97 



Private Aircraft 19 



Lands and Forests Personnel 92 



Other Provincial Government Employees 27 



Public 824 



Totals 1,885 



1964 



1965 



1966 



1,829 



1,218 



1,921 



Table 5 



GENERAL CAUSES OF FOREST FIRES 



(NUMBER OF FIRES AND ACREAGE — 1966) 



Fires 



Lightning 539 



Industrial — Logging 15 



Industrial — Other 73 



Recreation 719 



Resident 223 



Railways 117 



Incendiary 18 



Miscellaneous 205 



Unknown 12 



1,921 



Table 6 



CAUSES OF FOREST FIRES 



(NUMBER OF FIRES — 1966) 



BY SOURCE OF IGNITION Fires 



Lightning 539 



Smoking Material 510 



Camp Fires 302 



Grass Burn 33 



Rubbish Burning 46 



Unknown 28 



Matches 153 



Acres 



4,122 



23 



3,605 



2,324 



878 



666 



473 



2,305 



19 



14,415 



