SurgeProtocol Public Map

Public View

Nova Scotia's public hazard data on one map. Official sources only. Where data is missing, the map shows nothing rather than a guess.

Not an alerting product. Always follow official instructions:
NS Emergency Management Office ↗
DNR Wildfires ↗ · BurnSafe ↗
ECCC Weather Warnings ↗ · 511 Roads ↗

Provided as is; data may lag or contain errors. Terms of Use · Feedback

Compound Risk

No compounding hazards

Receiving facilities

Nova Scotia healthcare facilities — type, role and capabilities. Click a facility for details.

— facilities

MONITORING

ⓘ Sources

☰ Event Log

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Data Sources & Attributions

Built entirely on public open data. Each source is credited below per its terms.

Mapping

Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors

Weather & Environment

Environment and Climate Change Canada · NOAA / U.S. National Weather Service (METAR) · NOAA / NCEP WAVEWATCH III (global wave model) · Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) · NASA FIRMS & GIBS · OpenAQ

Public Safety & Alerts

NAAD / Alert Ready (Pelmorex) · RCMP Nova Scotia · Government of Nova Scotia (BurnSafe)

Infrastructure & Local

Nova Scotia Power · Halifax Regional Municipality / HRFE (Open Government Licence–Halifax) · Halifax Water · Halifax Harbour Bridges · NS Energy & Regulatory Boards Tribunal (fuel prices) · Highway cameras & road conditions: Government of Nova Scotia (511 NS / Public Works) · Rail network: Natural Resources Canada, National Railway Network (NRWN, Open Government Licence–Canada) — 2014 geometry with service status verified 2026

Aviation

FlightAware (aircraft positions) · Community-mapped helipads: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) — not an aerodrome registry

Population & Vulnerability

Social-vulnerability index derived from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Dissemination Areas) · boundaries: Statistics Canada

Flood Risk (inland)

Historical flood events & recurrence: Natural Resources Canada (Historical Flood Events) · live rainfall: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Regional Deterministic Precipitation Analysis / CaPA) · forecast rainfall: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Regional Deterministic Prediction System / RDPS, via GeoMet) · Open Government Licence–Canada

Coastal Flood & Surge

Method: still-water “bathtub” inundation — the storm-tide level (tide + surge) is draped over a 1 m LiDAR ground model and limited to low ground connected to the sea; wave run-up is added separately (Stockdon et al., 2006). Levels are referenced to the CGVD2013 vertical datum. Sources: ground elevation — Natural Resources Canada HRDEM (Open Government Licence–Canada); live tide + surge forecast — Fisheries and Oceans Canada / Canadian Hydrographic Service (IWLS); return-period levels — tide-gauge extreme-value analysis (AGRG / Webster et al., 2012 — the Nova Scotia standard) where available (Halifax, Yarmouth, Lunenburg), otherwise the CoDEC global surge reanalysis (Deltares) bias-corrected to the Halifax gauge; all validated against observed records (Forbes et al., 2009 / Hurricane Juan, 2003); wave height & period — Open-Meteo Marine (CC BY 4.0).

Fire & Emergency Services

Fire-station locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), geocoded via Photon/OSM & cross-referenced with Halifax Regional Municipality station data. HRFE apparatus rosters, response zones & call-volume (2019–present): Halifax Regional Municipality (Open Government Licence–Halifax).

Government of Canada and Government of Nova Scotia materials are reproduced under their respective Open Government Licence / Crown-copyright terms; reproductions are not official versions and carry no endorsement. Hospital capacity figures are from a static public dataset, not a live clinical system. Elevation relief derived from Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data / Mapzen lineage). This dashboard is decision support only and is not an official alerting product — always act on official warnings from Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office.

Map layers

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Facilities▼

Tier 1 — Critical

Tier 2 — Acute

Tier 3 — Ambulatory

Care Facilities (LTC · child care)

Weather & Hazards▼

EXERCISE RUNNING — live weather & state layers suspended so the map cannot contradict the scenario

Wildfires (hotspots)

Reported Fires (DNR official)

Wildfire Smoke

Fire Danger (CWFIS)

Heat forecast (per-area)

Elevation (relief)

Radar

Wind Particles

Wave Height

Coastal Flood Scenarios (planning)

Infrastructure▼

NS Power Outages

Live Traffic

Highway Cameras

Harbour Vessels

Comms Sites (licensed)

Nav-aids (aeronautical)

Rail Network

Heliports & Helipads

Airports

Fire Stations

Peninsula Egress (Halifax)

Population & Risk▼

Social Vulnerability

Fire Response Zones (by call volume)

First Nations Reserves

Mature Forest (≥15 m)

Tools▼

Tap the map to set the zone centre

— km

Click the map to drop a marker · click a marker to label, recolour, or delete

Click the map to place the Incident Command Post (ICP) — live transport routes calculate from that point (drag the marker to move it)

Click the map to mark a helispot — temporary incident landing site · click the H for coordinates · drag to adjust

Heliports & Helipads

HRegistered heliport (TC)

HCommunity-mapped (OSM)

mapped ≠ authorized — LZ suitability is the aircrew's call

Rail Network

In service

Out of service / dormant

Level crossing (at grade)

NRWN 2014 geometry · status verified 2026

Comms Sites — operator

Public safety

Carrier (cellular)

Utility

Municipal

Other

tap a row to show / hide

location only — not live status

Wind Speed

0 43 km/h 90+

Social Vulnerabilityi

Lower Higher

Census DA · StatCan 2021

Wave Heighti

0 1 2.5 4 6m+

Significant wave height · NOAA WaveWatch III (global model forecast)

Radar — Precipitation

Rain mm/h

0.11264200

Snow

lightheavy

Precipitation detected aloft — not all reaches the ground. Recent movement (past ~1.5 h loop), not a forecast. ECCC · GeoMet radar.

Fire Danger — national

Low Mod High V.High Extreme

These are CWFIS's own colours: blue is Low, not water. They use the Canada-wide scale, which understates Nova Scotia — the 2023 fires burned on days this map showed "Moderate". For Nova Scotia conditions, check the Fire Weather flag on the flag board. NRCan · CWFIS.

Satellite heat spots

Each dot is a spot where a satellite sensed heat — not the shape, size, or current status of the fire.

Dot size = heat energy (MW)

Perimeter — DNR out of control

Perimeter — DNR being held

Tap a dot for its exact power and detection time.

Checking satellite coverage…

Wildfire Smoke (surface)i

1 50 µg/m³ 100+

Health now: AQHI —

Colour = surface PM_2.5 forecast (Environment Canada RAQDPS–FW) — where smoke is and where it's heading. Blank = no modelled smoke. The health verdict is the AQHI, not the colour.

Elevation bands

300 m+ — highlands (≈2°C+ cooler)

200–300 m — uplands (≈1.5°C cooler)

100–200 m — hills

<100 m — lowlands / valley floors

cooling ≈0.65°C / 100 m (standard lapse) · Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data)

Peninsula Egressi

exit route — width = outbound lanes

boundary crossing

isthmus cut line

shoreline (bridges only)

Best case — everything open, roads as signed, no contraflow. Capacity at the boundary, not the bottleneck: the published 22–23 h clearance comes from queuing on the streets feeding these exits.

Seven major corridors; 30 roads cross the line in total, but the rest are residential streets that merge onto these within a block. Lane counts © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); boundary is the operator's cut line east of Joseph Howe Drive, validated at 107 census areas / 70,049 residents against the published Halifax evacuation microsimulation.

Mature Foresti

Tall stands — height ≥15 m

…within 30 m of a road

Photo-interpreted 2007–2019, mean 2011 — harvest since then, Fiona blowdown and the 2023 fire scars still show as forest. Not a forecast, not power-line data.

Stand height from the NS Forest Inventory (photo-interpreted; 95% of the area dates to 2015 or earlier). Roads stand in for distribution lines, which NS does not publish — corridor from the NRCan National Road Network (50,915 km, vertices 15 m apart). Rendered at 60 m, holding 100.0% of true stand area. Sources: Nova Scotia Open Government Licence; OGL-Canada.

Heat forecast (per-area)i

Hot days + warm nights (no relief)

EC heat criteria (2+ hot days)

Heat building (1 hot day)

Below criteria (cooler terrain — click for numbers)

Per dissemination area · EC HRDPS 2.5 km + RDPS 10 km blend. Every tier needs a hot day (high ≥29°C AND humidex ≥36); orange = 2+ consecutive; red adds overnight lows staying ≥20°C (little recovery). Click an area for detail.

Wind / Plume

Direction: NW → SE

Speed: 22 km/h

Condition: ADVERSE

1 km — hazard radius

2 km — shelter-in-place

▤Legends▾

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Temp

Wind

Condition

Visibility

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METAR · CYHZ

HRFE incidents fetching...

Locations ≈ nearest civic block · Halifax open data

Connecting to HRFE feed...

Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency · RSS

Patient stream filter

Mutual aid contacts

Cape Breton Regional

Sydney, NS

Valley Regional

Kentville, NS

Saint John Regional

Saint John, NB

Barbara Bush Hosp.

Portland, ME

Janeway Centre

St. John's, NL