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Emergency Needs Allowance: for evacuees requiring immediate emergency financial assistance Emergency Food Benefits Application: for evacuees requiring assistance with obtaining food after a wildfire or disaster Income Support: for financial assistance regarding emergency eviction or utility disconnection as a result of the wildfires or disaster Insurance Claims: claim insurance coverage for homes, properties or businesses damaged as a result of a wildfire or disaster Disaster Recovery Program: financial assistance when facing uninsurable loss after a disaster Municipal Wildfire Assistance Program: for municipalities requiring assistance with the costs of wildfires Emergency Financial Assistance for students (Alberta Student Aid)

• Disaster Assistance Programs: provides additional financial assistance to specific social and economic sectors affected by a disaster
• Employment Insurance (EI): for individuals who are unable to work due to hazardous weather and disaster
• Emergency Financial Assistance for students (Government of Canada)

National Student Loans Service Centre (NSCLC) Student loan borrowers: contact the NSCLC to fast-track your application for the Repayment Assistance Plan

Canada Apprentice Loan Service Centre Apprentice loan borrowers: contact the CALSC to fast-track your application for the Repayment Assistance Plan

• For Métis families who are homeless or on the verge of being homeless
  • Reaching Home Program (Métis Housing) application [pdf]
  • Finding emergency shelters for displaced evacuees

• Wellness Program (Métis Nation of Alberta)
• Alberta Health Services (AHS) Mental Health Resources
• Managing wildfire smoke and your mental health [pdf]
• Psychological First Aid (Canadian Red Cross) [pdf]
• AHS Mental Health Helplines and Supports [pdf]
• More Mental Health Supports

Addiction Helpline: 1-866-332-2322

Mental Health Helplines: 1-877-303-2642

• Edmonton Access 24/7 Intake Services: 780-424-2424
• Calgary Access 24/7 Intake Services: 403-943-2500
• Kids Help Phone:1-800-668-6868 Text ‘CONNECT’ to 686868
• Indigenous Support Line: 1-844-944-4744 (12 – 8 p.m., Mon – Fri)

Only available in AHS North Zone (MNA districts 13 – 18 and 22: partially covered districts 7, 8, and 19 – 21) and South Zone (MNA districts  partially covered 1 – 4). See Map.

More Health Resources.

• Wildfire Preparedness
• Preparing to evacuate
• Hazard preparedness
• Check the Active Fires Dashboard

• Wildfire smoke and your health
• Combined wildfire smoke and heat
• Using an air purifier to filter wildfire smoke
• How to build a low-cost air filter (University of Washing School of Public Health)

• Staying Healthy in the Heat Fact Sheet
• Extreme Heat Information for Seniors
• Medications increasing vulnerability to Extreme Heat

• Emergency Preparedness Resources
• Making an Emergency Plan
• Editable outline to make your emergency plan [pdf]
• Financial preparedness
• Home Insurance coverage for fire damage [pdf]
• Pet preparedness

• Emergency and Disaster Resources – Government of Alberta
• Flood Safety [Red Cross pdf]
• Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) Information

• Building an emergency kit
• Checklist of items for your evacuation kit [pdf]
• Vehicle Emergency Kit [pdf]
• Be Ready Pocket Guide – Canadian Red Cross [pdf]

Fire in your community or immediate medical assistance: 911

Reporting a wildfire: 310-FIRE (3473)

Non-emergency medical advice: 811 (Health Link)

Information on road closures and conditions: 511

Telephone Town Halls: 1-833-380-0691

Alberta Wildfire Resource Line:  For evacuated farmers and ranchers with questions regarding livestock 780-310-4455

Alberta Supports Contact Centre: For evacuees requiring emergency benefits 1-877-644-9992

• Indigenous Peoples’ Help Desk – Disaster Risk Management (Canadian Red Cross) [pdf]
• Resources for Community