The Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) reviewed forty years of historical fire data for the east-central region of Alberta. These data are presented and used to calculate the expected costs of the two conventional approaches to managing harvesting debris, which are to burn the debris piles or to leave them unburned within the cutblock. As well, recommendations on the management of this debris are made to forest operators within this region. This report is the second of four planned reports that will address the harvesting debris issues for different regions of the province.