Wildfire Aware® provides an interactive map-centric experience free to the public. It serves as a central hub for authoritative information, consolidating multiple data streams into a single interface for easier monitoring.
*Satellite Detection Layers: Real-time visualization of thermal hotspots from NASA VIIRS, MODIS, and NOAA HMS Fire Detections.
*Detailed Incident Information: View updated perimeters from FIRIS (California only) and other state/federal agencies as they become available.
*Environmental Overlays: Review National Weather Service (NWS) watches and warnings directly on the map alongside active fire data.
As a Premium feature of Wildfire Aware®, we provide near-real-time notifications of wildfires in areas you care about. When a fire is dispatched by a NIFC participating agency anywhere in the United States, you are notified as quickly as possible. We provide wildfire alerts quickly and supplement them with the most current Fire Weather information, including Temperature, Wind Speed and Direction, and Relative Humidity at the time of the fire.
As fires burn for days or months, Wildfire Aware not only provides you with notifications about perimeter updates but also provides authoritative supplemental agency data as well. Letting you know where the fire is. We source information from NIFC, IRWIN, InciWeb, CAL FIRE, US Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Department on Interior (DOI), and Texas A&M Forest Service, to name a few.
Anyone who has lived through a fire knows that Fire Weather is just as important as fire information. Wildfire Aware provides you with National Weather Service (NWS) Alerts related to Wildfires as soon as they are issued. From Fire Weather Watches and Red Flag Warnings before a fire, to Flash Flood Warnings and Watches after a fire, we keep you wildfire aware at all stages of a wildfire.
Wildfire alerting for Canada is now available for Canada! We provided as much of the equivalency information as possible for Canadian Wildfires as well. The reported active fire locations are updated daily as provided by fire management agencies (provinces, territories and Parks Canada). The wildfires data is managed through a national Data Integration Project (DIP) coordinated by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) and Natural Resources Canada with participation from all partner agencies. Environment and Climate Change Canada issues public weather alerts about weather-related hazards in order to notify those in affected areas so that they can take steps to protect themselves and their property from harm. Alerts are classified depending on the severity and timing of the subject event and include warnings, watches, advisories and statements.
We do not provide detailed information from radio traffic like Watch Duty, but instead, we provide information from authoritative sources as soon as it is published. We also provide links, whenever possible, to the appropriate social media platforms for additional authoritative data. We strive to give the most reliable information to the public as quickly as possible.
Our founder not only survived a deadly and destructive fire in 2020 but also spent 13 years with CAL FIRE as a dispatcher and GIS specialist. Wildfire Aware® provides authoritative and vetted information, which is essential during any wildfire. When misinformation runs rampant during and after a wildfire, we strive to give you the most authoritative information available.
Important
Wildfire Aware® is an information aggregation platform. All data—including fire locations, perimeters, and weather conditions—is sourced from third-party public agencies. This information is provided "as is" for situational awareness only. Wildfire Aware® does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of notifications and should not be relied upon as a primary life-safety tool. Users should always follow the instructions of local emergency management and law enforcement.
This app is fantastic. Gives up to date and accurate information. It not only gives you the location and acreage of a fire but also shows close by Alert California cameras. Allowing you you go onto that website and know exactly which camera to look at. It allows you to set an alert radius so you don’t have to worry about needless notifications
App slept on but looks like important feature removed
Joshwx
This app is slept on! Provides great info and especially since I live in Oklahoma where fires aren’t mostly controlled by federal but state, they are still posted! Would be five stars but one feature that seemed to have been removed that is important imo is the wind streams that were overlayed on the map so you can see the direction that winds are generally facing, other than that this app is amazing.
Developer Response
Thank you Joshwx! Winds should be back up shortly, as soon as we track down the issue as to why they have disappeared.
Worth every penny
CorkMomma
This app is full of useful information from multiple sources-all rolled into one app. I receive alerts related to wind speeds, weather, fire, flood etc. it’s very easy to set up the alert area and the graphics are easy to view and decipher all the information I need to assess what’s going on in my area. One of the most useful apps for alerts that I’ve seen.
Excellent Wildfire Preparedness Resource
ItalianMazz
This is a fantastic app to keep you informed on the dangers of wildlife. Get quick notification to wildfire starts and updated information. Early notification is one of the keys to surviving a wildfire. I definitely recommend this as a useful part of your homes wildfire preparedness planning toolkit.
Fixes the notification issue.
Version 3.1
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Information
Seller
The Analytical Moose LLC
Size
58.7 MB
Category
Weather
Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
