Public launch planned for early 2027
Every Rescue Recorded. Every Lesson Shared.
Frontline-led structure-fire rescue research supporting better tactics, training, staffing, policy, and civilian survivability. Formal FFRA public structure-fire rescue data collection begins January 1, 2027.
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Alberta Structure-Fire Rescue Data
Public structure-fire rescue records.
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Structure-fire rescues—Civilians rescued in public structure-fire records
Fire departments—Departments named in public records
Occupancy types—Survey occupancy categories
Municipalities—Communities represented
Alberta structure-fire rescue map preview
Locations are shown by municipality or region only.
Marker labels show rescued civilians by municipality.
Why this project exists
Data-informed structure-fire rescue.
Every civilian rescue from a structure fire tells a story. Together, the records reveal patterns in timing, staffing, tactics, building conditions, apparatus, and survivability across Alberta's urban, rural, industrial, northern, and mountain response environments. The Alberta Structure-Fire Rescue Data Project turns frontline experience into evidence that can inform policy, training, deployment, and public safety decisions.
Alberta response environments
Built for a province with very different fireground realities.
The dataset is designed to represent civilian rescues from structure fires across Alberta only where public records support it. It does not imply department participation unless a submitted record exists.
Supporting research and evidence
Trusted fire service research, applied locally.
"Each minute of delay is critical."Jason Averill, NIST Engineered Fire Safety Group. NIST reported that larger crews completed key firefighting and rescue tasks faster in residential fire experiments. Source
"Fighting fires and other emergencies with facts."U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Incident Reporting System page. The source describes national incident reporting and participation. Source
"Data-informed decision-making."UL FSRI NERIS program page. FSRI describes NERIS as supporting analytics, resource allocation, preparedness, and local data ownership. Source
Project leadership
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Partners and supporting organizations
Built for Alberta departments, decision-makers, and the public.
Frontline FirefightersSubmit reports and preserve lessons from structure-fire rescues.
Fire DepartmentsUse trends to support staffing, training, apparatus, and deployment decisions.
Municipal LeadersUnderstand the structure-fire rescue work behind fire service readiness.
Researchers and MediaAccess plain-language, privacy-conscious structure-fire rescue statistics.
Were you part of a structure-fire rescue?
Every submission strengthens the dataset and sharpens the lessons learned from civilian rescues in Alberta structure fires.
Frequently asked questions
Clear answers before a report is submitted.
Firefighter Rescues Alberta is designed to be quick for crews, useful for departments, and safe for public release.
Who should submit?
Any firefighter, officer, or authorized department representative whose crew was involved in a civilian rescue from a structure fire.
What counts as a rescue?
A civilian removed, assisted, or directly rescued by firefighters during a structure-fire emergency when the person could not self-evacuate.
What should stay out?
Do not submit names, exact addresses, personal identifiers, private medical information, photos, or sensitive operational details.
How is the data displayed?
Public pages show aggregate structure-fire rescue records and municipality-level map locations only.