For Canada’s fleet managers and field crews, wildfire season has become a recurring and increasingly destructive operational challenge. With over 200 wildfires already recorded in 2025 and elevated risk forecasts in regions like British Columbia and Alberta, frontline teams are feeling the pressure. Sudden road closures, detours, evacuations, and urgent equipment relocations can quickly disrupt workflows and demand quick, coordinated action.

In high-stakes environments, staying connected, informed, and agile is no longer optional—it’s essential. Samsara’s Connected Operations Platform enables organizations across industries to respond faster with tools that enhance visibility, protect workers, and maintain continuity when plans change.

Enhancing frontline safety with real-time visibility

Whether your crews are restoring power lines, performing inspections, or hauling goods and supplies through fire-prone regions, wildfire season adds another layer of risk to already demanding frontline work. When conditions shift quickly, visibility and support are critical—especially in remote locations where access to help may be limited.

Samsara’s Wearable is designed to strengthen worker protection with three key features:

• One-touch SOS alerts for immediate communication with supervisors

• Automatic fall detection that triggers alerts if a worker is injured

• Live GPS location sharing to maintain visibility throughout a shift

Together, these capabilities reinforce lone-worker protocols and streamline emergency response—especially when teams are dispersed across large sites or operating in isolated wildfire zones.

Protecting equipment and cargo when plans shift

When wildfires impact a job site or active work zone, mobile assets—such as trailers, generators, or temporary infrastructure—often need to be relocated quickly. In these high-stress situations, delays in locating critical equipment can create confusion, slow response efforts, and increase the risk of costly losses. 

Without real-time visibility, teams may be left scrambling—leading to lost productivity, damaged assets, or unrecoverable inventory.

Samsara’s Powered and Unpowered Asset Gateways offer:

• Real-time GPS tracking, even for unpowered or stationary equipment

• Movement history, accessible via the Samsara dashboard

• Reliable coverage across remote regions where manual tracking is challenging

By offering clarity when it’s needed most, Samsara enables teams to act quickly, protect valuable equipment, and stay in control—even under pressure.

Maintaining fleet connectivity—even beyond cellular coverage

During wildfire season, staying connected to vehicles and assets is essential—but not always guaranteed. In remote or fire-affected areas, cellular service can become unreliable or unavailable.

Samsara’s Satellite Connectivity adds a reliable layer of communication when it matters most, enabling:

• GPS tracking and safety alert transmission when cellular networks are down

• Continuous visibility into field operations across remote locations

• Improved coordination and safety during emergencies or disruptions

Whether managing fuel deliveries through remote corridors or supporting emergency response, Satellite Connectivity helps maintain oversight and ensure continuity—even when teams are off the grid.

Adjusting routes quickly with real-time telematics

Wildfire conditions can evolve quickly—closing roads, rerouting traffic, and forcing teams to adapt with little warning. Static route plans and manual dispatching make it difficult to respond effectively.

With Samsara Vehicle Gateways, operations managers and dispatchers can:

• Monitor real-time vehicle location, diagnostics, and driver status

• Detect disruptions on active routes

• Send updated instructions directly to drivers via the Samsara Driver App

Commercial Navigation and Route Planning expand on this visibility by offering:

• Dynamic rerouting capabilities to help dispatchers respond to evolving conditions

• Real-time traffic and closure data to avoid delays

• Vehicle-specific parameters such as size, weight, and hazmat classifications to ensure safe, compliant routing

This added layer of intelligence equips teams to respond faster and plan safer, more adaptive routes—helping maintain operational continuity during emergencies and rapidly changing wildfire conditions.

A smarter, safer way to manage seasonal disruption

Across Canada, organizations in construction, energy, logistics, and field services are adapting their wildfire response strategies. As natural disasters continue to challenge our communities, the need for flexible, data-driven tools has never been clearer.

Samsara’s Connected Operations Platform brings together:

• Wearable safety devices to protect workers in the field

• Proactive alerts to anticipate shifting wildfire conditions

• Asset tracking to safeguard equipment and cargo

• Satellite connectivity to maintain oversight when cell service is down

• Routing and telematics to keep field operations and deliveries on track

With these capabilities in place, teams can respond faster, make informed decisions in real time, and maintain safer, more resilient operations—even in the face of uncertainty.

Ready to explore how technology can help you tackle seasonal disruptions? Schedule a demo to see how connected operations can drive real impact—or log in to unlock more value from your existing Samsara platform.