Add a Wildfire Risk Check to Field Assignment Alerts
When a field assignment arrives, get a four-week wildfire risk outlook for the location you specify.
Trigger
New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
Action
Get Wildfire Risk Forecast by Place
Tool to retrieve wildfire risk forecast for a specific place. use when you need weekly wildfire risk predictions for a location over the next four weeks.
Why this helps
Submission alerts can arrive without the environmental context instructors need to plan follow-up for outdoor work.
- Receive a location-specific wildfire risk outlook with the submission report.
- Keep fieldwork follow-up in one run report.
- Use the specified place to request a forecast covering the coming weeks.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Ambee once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in plain language or in Automations, New Automation.
- 3Describe the outcome: when a new field assignment submission arrives, retrieve the wildfire risk forecast for my specified field location and include it in the report.
- 4Pick New Canvas Assignment Submission as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real submission and verify the field location in the report.
Questions about this workflow
Does Canvas provide the field location automatically?
The event description does not promise a location field. Provide the relevant field location in your instruction.
How far ahead does this forecast look?
The listed Ambee action returns weekly wildfire risk predictions for a place over the next four weeks.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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