Société de protection des forêts contre le feu

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]

Structure

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.