Case Study: Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo improves wildfire response and property assessments with EagleView

Wood Buffalo: Leveraging Technology to Monitor Large Land Masses

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, a large Canadian municipality encompassing the city of Fort McMurray, faced the challenge of monitoring its vast 68,000-square-kilometer region. This area was experiencing rapid growth and was highly vulnerable to wildfires. The municipality needed a way to manage this growth equitably, ensure public safety, and respond effectively to disasters. To address this, they partnered with EagleView and utilized its imagery and analytical tools.

EagleView provided high-resolution, current aerial imagery and analytical tools like ChangeFinder. This solution enabled the assessment team to identify property changes accurately and equitably, ensuring tax assessments were current and capturing significant additional revenue. For emergency management, the imagery provided critical information during wildfires to understand risks to people and property. EagleView's solution saved the municipality significant time and money, with the director of assessments stating the service pays for itself.

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Justin Ngan

Manager, Geographic Information Systems