Alberta Emergency Alert - Wildfire Alert Updated

Critical: Wildfire

Updated May 08, 2016 at 01:41 PM

Source: Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Issued: May 08, 2016 at 01:41 PM

History:

- Alert: May 01, 2016 at 07:08 PM
- Update: May 01, 2016 at 10:33 PM
- Update: May 02, 2016 at 12:00 AM
- Update: May 02, 2016 at 03:37 AM
- Update: May 02, 2016 at 07:00 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 02:34 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 03:01 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 03:31 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 04:24 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 04:27 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 05:30 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 06:49 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 08:31 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 09:13 PM
- Update: May 03, 2016 at 11:47 PM
- Update: May 08, 2016 at 01:41 PM
- Update: May 09, 2016 at 12:30 PM
- Update: May 10, 2016 at 02:37 PM
- Update: May 11, 2016 at 12:37 PM
- Update: May 12, 2016 at 10:07 AM
- Update: May 13, 2016 at 12:32 PM
- Update: May 14, 2016 at 10:19 AM
- Update: May 16, 2016 at 11:44 AM
- Update: May 16, 2016 at 04:32 PM
- Update: May 16, 2016 at 07:41 PM
- Update: May 16, 2016 at 09:59 PM
- Update: May 18, 2016 at 03:42 PM
- Update: May 20, 2016 at 02:24 PM
- Update: May 20, 2016 at 11:49 PM
- Update: May 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM
- Update: May 22, 2016 at 02:29 PM
- Update: May 24, 2016 at 04:02 PM
- Update: May 27, 2016 at 09:56 AM
- Update: May 30, 2016 at 10:04 AM
- Update: May 31, 2016 at 03:36 PM
- Update: Jun 03, 2016 at 02:00 PM
- Update: Jun 06, 2016 at 01:09 PM
Cancel: Jun 06, 2016 at 04:30 PM

Description: Alberta Emergency Alert - Wildfire Alert Updated

UPDATE of May 8 - Fort McMurray remains under a mandatory evacuation order, and only emergency personnel working on fire suppression, policing, and infrastructure responders should be in the area. The Fort McMurray Airport is being used by Wildfire Aircraft, and is operational but is only being used by aircraft associated to Firefighting efforts.

The following are a few websites where added information can be located. 5 1 1 Alberta - http://511.alberta.ca/ Government of Alberta Emergency Updates - https://www.alberta.ca/emergency.cfm Alberta Wildfires - http://wildfire.alberta.ca/wildfire-status/default.aspx

Action to take:

Only emergency personnel and authorized responders are allowed in the area, and if there are any other persons in this area they must leave immediately
Follow the directions of local authorities
Seek medical attention if you experience breathing difficulties
For links to further information go to the Alberta Emergency Alert Public Website.

Additional information: