Wildland Fire Canada 2019 welcomes Armel Castellan who is a Warning Preparedness Meteorologist at Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) located in Victoria, BC.
Armel Castellan’s career is focused on:
- customized weather and climate information for emergency preparedness and response
- climate and weather communication and interpretation
Working with both external and internal clients, he assists in understanding custom interpreted weather and climate information to make operational decisions to optimize safety, efficiency and business continuity. In 2017 and 2018, during recent unprecedented wildfire seasons in British Columbia, these supports were provided on an ongoing basis to the Provincial Emergency Coordination Centre helping coordinate disaster response and mitigation.
Armel’s clients include emergency management organizations in the Arctic and BC, Emergency Management BC, municipalities, provincial and federal ministries, departments and the media. Also, he’s responsible for the production and delivery of weather-related contributions to the BC Provincial Technical Drought Working Group.
Join us in Ottawa between November 18 – 21 and hear what Armel has to say. Register today!