Fire Watch : Fire & Smoke

Wildfires, smoke, live alerts

Only for iPhone

Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

New: the smoke countdown on your Lock Screen, Apple Watch and in StandBy. Plus burned land and air quality. Fire Watch shows wildfires detected by NASA satellites across Europe and North America on a map, and simulates smoke plume movement from wind forecasts. ONE SIMPLE QUESTION: IS THE SMOKE HEADING MY WAY? Tap any fire: Fire Watch simulates its plume hour by hour and tells you whether your location is in its path, and when the smoke could arrive. The simulation starts at the fire's first detection rather than the moment you tap it, so smoke already on its way is visible and the slider spans both past and forecast. LIVE TRACKING When a plume concerns you, a countdown settles onto your Lock Screen with the expected smoke wave and the arrival marker. The scale adapts to the wait, from one to eight hours. Tracking also appears in the Dynamic Island, on Apple Watch with a dedicated layout, and full screen when iPhone rests on its charger in StandBy. For longer waits, a reminder warns you an hour ahead. Everything is computed on your device. FRESH SATELLITE DATA • 4 satellite platforms (VIIRS Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 and MODIS Terra/Aqua), about 8 observations per day • Continuous age scale, from bright yellow to dark brown across seven days • Fire intensity in megawatts • Permanent heat sources recognized and set aside: industrial sites, gas flares, solar panel glint • The age of the most recent detection and the time of the last refresh are always visible BURNED LAND • Areas mapped by Copernicus EFFIS across Europe • Official WFIGS perimeters in the US and CWFIS perimeters in Canada • An estimated footprint everywhere else, computed on device • Officially declared US incidents with name, size and containment AIR QUALITY A colored veil marks areas where air quality is degrading, using the European index, with the value at your location. A SERIOUS PLUME SIMULATION • Puff model: each puff is carried by the wind forecast at its own position and flight time, so the plume turns and bends as the weather evolves • Choice of wind model: automatic, AROME France high resolution, ECMWF or GFS • Hour-by-hour animation, adjustable parameters BUILT FOR THE ESSENTIALS • No account, no sign-up, no ads • Your location never leaves your device • Data stays on screen even when a refresh fails • Automatic fire clustering by zoom level IMPORTANT Fire Watch provides estimates computed from satellite data and weather forecasts. This information can be incomplete or delayed (1 to 3 h satellite latency) and never replaces alerts and instructions from local authorities. In an emergency, always follow official guidance. Data sources: NASA FIRMS, Open-Meteo, Copernicus EFFIS, NIFC and WFIGS (US), CWFIS (Canada).

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SMOKE INCOMING, WITHOUT OPENING THE APP When a plume is heading your way, Fire Watch now puts a countdown on your Lock Screen. The expected smoke wave reads at a glance, a marker shows the estimated arrival time, and the scale adapts to the wait: one hour when smoke is close, up to eight hours when it is far off. Tracking follows you from screen to screen: Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Apple Watch with a dedicated layout designed for a small display, and full screen when iPhone sits sideways on its charger in StandBy. Everything is computed on your device, with no server and no remote notifications. For longer waits, the "Remind me" button schedules a reminder one hour before the estimated arrival. BURNED LAND The map now shows what has already burned, in brown beneath the active fires: • Areas mapped by Copernicus EFFIS across Europe • Official WFIGS perimeters in the US and CWFIS perimeters in Canada • An estimated footprint everywhere else, computed on your device from detection cells A CONTINUOUS AGE SCALE The three red, orange and grey buckets are gone. Fire colors now slide smoothly from bright yellow (detected moments ago) to dark brown (seven days), with fine gradation across the first six hours where the information matters most. Size and opacity follow the same curve. FEWER FALSE FIRES Permanent heat sources are now recognized and set aside: industrial sites, gas flares, and solar panel glint, which is only ever detected in daylight while a real fire is also seen at night. They remain viewable, in purple, but no longer trigger a simulation. AIR QUALITY A colored veil marks areas where air quality is degrading, using the European index, with a badge showing the value at your location. ALSO IN THIS RELEASE • The simulation starts at the fire's first detection rather than the moment you tap it, so smoke already on its way is visible and the slider spans past and future • A halo marks the fires whose plume can be simulated, so you know where to tap • Data stays on screen when a refresh fails, along with the time of the last successful check • Sources and filters panel: satellites, intensity threshold, low confidence detections, pass grouping • Markers redrawn in the visual language of iOS

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    Seller
    • Cedric De Luca
    Size
    • 4.4 MB
    Category
    • Weather
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
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    English and 21 more
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