As Saskatchewan slides into fall, cooler nights mean lowering wildfire risks. But that doesn’t mean fire management is anywhere near finished in the province.

Steve Roberts, the vice president of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), spoke to reporters Monday about their current efforts, following a destructive peak to the province’s forest fire season that pushed whole communities out of their homes.

“We have a lot of fire on the landscape that isn’t out yet, it’s being contained, it’s being monitored, there’s lots of work to be done,” he said. “But we’ve extended our own crews into the latter part of September already knowing that there’s still work to be done here.”

Once wildfire season is officially over, the SPSA will do its regular “after-action” review, to look at how this year’s wildfire response could be improved for the future.

Roberts said questions will range from evacuation management, to when additional resources like the Canadian Forces should be called in.

The province has also signed onto a firefighting resource sharing agreement with the states of Nevada and California.

As of Tuesday morning, 33 wildfires are active across the province. Two are currently not-contained, including the Muskeg and Trail fires near Île-à-la-Crosse and Beauval.

A total of 23 fires are subject to ongoing assessments, while protecting values is the priority for two fires.

Six fires are considered contained.