This is not an official Team Rubicon Canada page. Nothing here should be construed as any indicator of how Team Rubicon Canada prioritizes or runs its operations.
Fitting into Operations
This site presents information intended for “Wave 0” Greyshirts. It is further tailored to assist those working in strike teams or at Forward Operating Bases closer to the affected areas.
All information is drawn from official but publicly available sources. This has two benefits. First, its coming from somewhere reliable and credible. Second, it can be shared with other organizations involved in the Incident Command Structure without worrying about clearances, permissions, or giving out access to networks.
The information here would, if applicable, be flowed into the EMS system. This brings it into the TRC normal information flows supporting operations. That is intended to ensure that we don’t end up creating streams of information that confuse people or make things more complex.
Current Op1: Jasper, AB
Operational Focus
Primary Focus: Disaster response and sifting. Assisting homeowners in saving what can be saved after the devastating fires that swept through the community.
Monitoring:
Fire Conditions
Fire Conditions (Alberta Province Wildfire Status Dashboard) can be zoomed into the Jasper Area (may take time to load completely and may require refreshes likely due to demands on their server). Secondary Source through the Fire Information for Resource Management System (NASA Firms) zoomed into the Jasper area and the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. Windy.com fire danger overlay.
Weather conditions
Broader information from Windy.com (Weather Radar with Jasper roughly center of map), general forecast for Jasper, general rain and thunder for area surrounding, rain accumulation
Logistics
511 Alberta for Road Alerts and Jasper Park Updates. Secondary resource through Google Traffic for Jasper. Additional resources are the AMA Road Report through highway webcams.
Air Movement for Jasper Airport not yet available, Calgary International Airport (YYC) through Flightstats and the YYC Passenger Home.
Flights at Calgary International Airport.
Welcoming Center for Tourism Jasper with official messaging with respect to coming to the area.
Mapping
Town of Jasper Land Use Map, Town of Jasper Damaged Structures Map,
The Government of Canada has launched a viewer for damaged properties that provides not only mapping but photo records of the properties. These are best viewed through a laptop or desktop.
Natural Resources Canada searchable Toporama website (enter Jasper AB for topographical maps of the area)
Media JASPER
Municipality of Jasper Homepage, Municipality of Jasper Wildfire-related updates.
Town of Jasper Re-entry guide for citizens and Questions and Answers
Province of Alberta Active Emergency Updates
General media stories about Jasper, Alberta (RSS feed):
What’s being said about Team Rubicon in Jasper (RSS)
Other Resources – General Safety
This link is in response to the potential to find chemical containers or other similar items where there may be a need to get credible information about that chemical.
Transport Canada 2024 Emergency Response Guidebook (pdf version) and online version (2020 version). This resource provides details regarding materials that may potentially cause harm. It is a collaborative effort of Transport Canada, US Department of Transport and others and intended for use by firefighters, police, and other emergency services personnel who may be first to arrive at the scene. The CCOSH Chemindex for names and CAS registries can be found here.
The link below is in response to the potential for personnel to overhead while in PPE and providing readily available information from a trusted source to both recognize symptoms but also first aid steps from a credible source.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) from the CDC (USA) page for Heat Stress and Heat Related Illness.
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Hazards landing page.
Supporting Basis for Current Op1: Jasper AB
The primary threats (conditions) considered for ongoing monitoring of this condition include the following:
- Presence of fires and their status.
- Weather conditions (rain, wind, active lightning) due to ability to exacerbate fire situation.
- Weather conditions (rain, humidity) due to potential for further damage of items being recovered.
- Weather conditions (heat) due to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worn by team members.