Société de protection des forêts contre le feu - Wikipedia

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La Société de protection des forêts contre le feu, better known by its acronym SOPFEU, is Quebec's provincial wildfire management agency. Organized as a non-profit, its stated mission is to "provide the very best forest fire protection so as to ensure the sustainability of forest areas at the lowest possible cost."^[1]

Unlike many other governmental or quasi-governmental agencies that are tasked with managing wildfires, SOPFEU is not a branch of government or an emergency services agency. Rather, it is a private non-profit organization tasked by the Government of Quebec with the prevention and suppression of wildfires.^[2] Its funding comes from both the provincial government and from other stakeholders.