The Industrial Wildfire Control Plan (IWCP) is a mandatory requirement under the Forest and Prairie Protection Act. IWCPs are required from all companies operating within one kilometre of public land from March 1 to November 30. If activities are restricted to outside of this period, then no submission is required.
The intent is to provide the Government of Alberta with the location of full time employees in order to increase their safety in the event of a wildfire.
All companies submitting an IWCP are required to do so through the Alberta Wildfire System (AWS).
Log in to IWCP
IWCP User Manual
To log in to IWCP, you will need an Alberta.ca Account.
Full Time Habitation Guideline
IWCP submissions are only required for locations/facilities that will be occupied full time. Full time habitation means employees are present at the facility, on average, for 4 or more hours each day. However, locations will be accepted if time spent at each facility is less than the guideline suggests.
Temporary operating locations/facilities active during wildfire season (for example, seismic, drilling) are also required to submit an IWCP.
Your company is not required to submit an IWCP if operations do not meet this minimum.
Maintaining and updating IWCPs
- Companies may maintain as many plans as they like (for example, a company may maintain one plan provincially or create plans for separate working areas).
- Each IWCP must be updated prior to the end of February and updated when significant changes occur to the plan during the fire season.
- If there are deficiencies found, the company planner will be contacted by Government of Alberta staff to correct the deficiencies.
If your plan is not updated during the current fire year, the plan will become inactive and the information will not be made available to emergency responders. The company planner or administrator must update/activate the plan prior to fire season to ensure their data is available for emergency responders.
The information submitted remains confidential and will be used solely by the Government of Alberta to assist in protecting your personnel and infrastructure from wildfires.
Contact IWCP Support
IWCP support is available Monday to Friday from 8:15 am to 4:30 pm.
Email: aws.service@gov.ab.ca