The Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) reviewed forty years of historical fire data for the west-central region of Alberta. This report presents the expected costs, based on the data, of the two conventional approaches to managing harvesting debris, which are to burn the debris piles or to leave them unburned within the cutblock. FERIC also provides recommendations on the management of this debris for operators within this region. This report is the third of four planned reports that will address the harvesting debris issues for different regions of the province.