EM Spotlight Series Webinar - The Missing Intelligence Layer in Canadian Wildfire Planning
5/12/20261:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
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Register to attend OAEM's EM Spotlight Series Webinar for May 12, 2026 featuring Canadian Wildfire Planning
Event Description
Canada is warming twice as fast as the global average, and wildfire seasons are getting longer, hotter, and more destructive. Communities like Jasper have shown us that even the best-prepared municipalities can be caught off guard, and the cost of rebuilding is staggering. The spatial intelligence needed to move from awareness to action at the community level has largely been out of reach.
In this session, Brady Gilchrist unpacks the nine blind spots many community wildfire protection plans never address, and introduces HaloScout, a satellite-derived spatial intelligence tool that gives every stakeholder around a WUI community a common picture of risk. Attendees will see how a FRIZ (Fire Risk Identification Zone) grid can be built around Ontario communities, what it surfaces in minutes, and how municipal emergency managers can use it as the foundation for developing a comprehensive HIRA, sequencing mitigation priorities, structuring exercises, briefing elected officials, and building the evidence base for FCM and provincial funding applications.
This session is designed for municipal emergency managers, fire chiefs, and emergency preparedness professionals who want a practical, accessible tools for understanding wildfire exposure before the fire starts.
Guest Speaker: Brady Gilchrist is the Founder and CEO of FireArc Inc., an Ontario-based company focused on pre-ignition wildfire intelligence. A licensed commercial and bush pilot, serial technology entrepreneur, marketer, and educator, Brady has spent over 30 years translating complex systems and emerging needs into clear, actionable innovations and decision frameworks that move organizations and shape markets. FireArc is his response to one of Canada’s most urgent and under-addressed climate challenges: giving communities the clarity they need to act before a wildfire begins.
In this session, Brady Gilchrist unpacks the nine blind spots many community wildfire protection plans never address, and introduces HaloScout, a satellite-derived spatial intelligence tool that gives every stakeholder around a WUI community a common picture of risk. Attendees will see how a FRIZ (Fire Risk Identification Zone) grid can be built around Ontario communities, what it surfaces in minutes, and how municipal emergency managers can use it as the foundation for developing a comprehensive HIRA, sequencing mitigation priorities, structuring exercises, briefing elected officials, and building the evidence base for FCM and provincial funding applications.
This session is designed for municipal emergency managers, fire chiefs, and emergency preparedness professionals who want a practical, accessible tools for understanding wildfire exposure before the fire starts.
Guest Speaker: Brady Gilchrist is the Founder and CEO of FireArc Inc., an Ontario-based company focused on pre-ignition wildfire intelligence. A licensed commercial and bush pilot, serial technology entrepreneur, marketer, and educator, Brady has spent over 30 years translating complex systems and emerging needs into clear, actionable innovations and decision frameworks that move organizations and shape markets. FireArc is his response to one of Canada’s most urgent and under-addressed climate challenges: giving communities the clarity they need to act before a wildfire begins.