Wildfires and Emergency Management
Information for Evacuation of North Western Ontario Livestock – July 2026
Many community pastures are helping people evacuate and house livestock.
- Thunder Bay Community Pasture page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Thunder-Bay-Community-Pasture/61576603862755/
- Northern Reach Network – finding foster homes for displaced animals: https://www.facebook.com/northernreachrescuenetwork/
- Ontario SPCA Emergency Response
General
Information on the Ontario wildfire situation
- Forest fires | ontario.ca (has an interactive map)
Information of air quality health index (AQHI)
Pets and Livestock
- Ontario Federation of Agriculture – Emergency Preparedness for Farm Animals
- Beef Farmers of Ontario: How to Prepare for Wildfires and Livestock Evacuations
- Ontario SPCA: Emergency Preparedness
- Lamont County Emergency Services: Shelter in Place Tips and Information (PDF)
- U of G Vet Offers Tips to Keep Pets Healthy Amid Poor Air Quality
- Many community pastures are helping people evacuate and house livestock https://onforagenetwork.ca/community-pastures/
- OMAFA After the Fire checklist (PDF)
- Alberta SPCA – Smoky Conditions Can Affect Animals
- Animal Health Emergency Management Project: Structure Fire and Wildfire
- BC Government – Emergency management resources for farmers and ranchers
- Emergency management guides for small mixed farms (BC Gov – PDF)
- Alberta Government – Farm animals and livestock preparedness
- American Veterinary Medical Association – Wildfire smoke and animals
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Wildfire Smoke FactSheet: Protect your Pets from Wildfire Smoke (PDF)
- Ready for Wildfire: Animal Evacuation
Equine
Competition/racing and air quality for horses and humans
- Equestrian Canada – Guidelines for Equine Competition and Training during extreme environmental conditions (EC Weather Guidelines – PDF)
- Racing New South Wales Air Quality Guidelines (Air-quality guidelines track work RNSW 2020)
- The Sport Information Resource Centre Understanding Air Quality: A guiding document for sport organizations (Air Quality Guiding document – final)
Exercise and air quality
Exposure to smoke
- Wildfire Smoke and Horses | School of Veterinary Medicine (ucdavis.edu)
- School of Veterinary Medicine – Guidelines for Horses Exposed to Wildfire Smoke
- Wildfires, smoke and livestock (smoke from forest fires – PDF)
- Smoke Inhalation in Horses – Kentucky Equine Research (ker.com)
- Guidelines for Horses Exposed to Wildfire Smoke – The Horse
Emergency Management
- When Disaster strikes, what will you do (UC Davis – PDF)
- Lessons learned from an Australian bushfire with voiceover – YouTube
- Wildfires: Preparation and Evacuation Tips for Horse Owners – The Horse
- Wildfires: When Evacuation is Not an Option – The Horse
- Smoke From Wildfires and Horse Respiratory Health – The Horse
- What horse owners can do to monitor horses evacuated from fire areas (smoke-inhalation-quick reference guide – UC David, PDF)
- Firewise Tips for Horse Owners – The Horse
- Wildfire Preparedness for Horse Owners – 1.817 – Extension (colostate.edu)
For Veterinarians
- Treatment of smoke inhalation in horses (smoke-inhalation-DVM-reference, UC Davis, PDF)
- Management of Thermal Injuries in Donkeys: A Case Report – PMC (nih.gov)
- Disaster Medicine: Implementation of an animal health database in response to the 2018 California Camp Fire in: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Volume 256 Issue 9 () (avma.org)
- Increased Weekly Mean PM2.5, and NO2 Are Associated With Increased Proportions of Lower Airway Granulocytes in Ontario Horses. Front Vet Sci. 2020 May 5;7:185.
- Efficacy of dexamethasone, salbutamol, and reduced respirable particulate concentration on aerobic capacity in horses with smoke-induced mild asthma.J Vet Intern Med. 2020 Mar;34(2):979-985.
- Fire and smoke inhalation injury in horses. Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract. 2007 May;23(1):19-30.
- Findings and Strategies for treating horses injured in open range fires. Equine Vet Education. April 2018 30(4):177-186.