Health of Fort McMurray Wildfire First Responders, May-June 2016

The health of first responders exposed during the Fort McMurray fires of May 2016: Phase 1 contains research data collected by the Government of Alberta. It supports a study of firefighters deployed from 13 fire services during the May to June 2016 wildfire. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-17.

Use Cases

• Assess health outcomes for first responders based on exposure during the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire.
• Compare health metrics across different fire services mentioned in the study description.
• Analyze occupational health risks specific to large-scale wildfire response operations.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific, major wildfire event (Fort McMurray, May-June 2016).
• Study includes firefighters from 13 distinct fire services.
• Dataset is published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license, permitting reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Collection Method

Research data collected in support of a health study.

Time Range

May to June 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:37:45.251076; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Fort McMurray, Canada