Fire Management Zone Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83" Abstract: A geographic area characterized by the same forest fire management objectives based on similarities in forest types, land uses, and fire loads, and by similar impacts of fires on society, wood supply and the ecosystem. This layer is part of what was known as the OMNR Non-Fundamental Dataset.

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2013-06-12

  Other Maintenance Requirements:

  46e176af-0869-4069-bd51-65567c6140c0

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information

• Citation Information

  
  
  

  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Peterborough Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: environment

  Keywords:

  Fire, Forest Fires, FIRE RESPONSE, FIRE MANAGEMENT, NON-FUNDAMENTAL

  FIRE PREVENTION

  Fire, Incendie, Forest fires, Incendie de forêt

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada > Ontario

  Purpose:

  The new model version of the Fire Management Zone Data Class reflects the new Fire Management Strategies for Ontario that are proposed to be in effect April 1st, 2005. Used as a guide by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Forest Fire Program to establish and coordinate fire monitoring, protection and suppression activities. A copy of this layer will be stored in the DFOSS mapper and FireKube for operational purposes.

  Dataset Language: eng; CAN

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: asNeeded

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Processing Environment:

  NRVIS - Natural Resources Values Information System; NRVIS

  Extent

  West Longitude: -95.153668

  East Longitude: -74.320109

  North Latitude: 56.859365

  South Latitude: 41.676556

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  Legislated or Legal Authority for Collection: Forest Fire Prevention Act. Additional Time Period Information: Implementation on April 1, 2005 may be revised over time.

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: composite

  Object Count: 95

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4269

  Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE), Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) Peterborough Ontario, Canada

• Related Links

  • Forest Fire Management Strategy for Ontario (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)