Wildland Fire Info For Western US

[Kent R]

Most navigation apps have some sort of wildland fire overlay and they are fairly accurate for size and location. What those overlays dont have is detailed information about a fire, and detailed information is valuable when trying to navigate around the danger.

The non profit Watch Duty developed an app that has all the details and links you will need to stay out of harms way while traveling in wildfire areas. This app is free for the basic info and has a small cost for enhanced data.

For those fire professionals that rely resources like; Federal Interagency Coordination Centers, State Agencies and Wild Cad to name a few, Watch Duty uses all of these plus more. No need to pull over and look up data from several sights in order to steer around an event.

Give it a try, you will find it to be a very helpful addition to your tool box.

Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts

Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

app.watchduty.org

Here is a l ink to the Dragon Fire that burned down the Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim

Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts

Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

app.watchduty.org

 

[K12]

OnX has the fire maps with quite a bit of information. It goes off the NIFC firemap and information and will show "hot spots" where satellites can see/predict location of the blaze as well as the incident map and evacuation areas.

 

[Kent R]

OnX has the fire maps with quite a bit of information. It goes off the NIFC firemap and information and will show "hot spots" where satellites can see/predict location of the blaze as well as the incident map and evacuation areas.

Yep they do a pretty good job, this app is just that much more it also includes weather stations and cameras.

 

[genocache]

Watch Duty is fantastic! I've been using it for 8 months. CalFire has a 10 acre limit before it lists fires. Watch Duty just needs to smell smoke and they list it.