All the links for finding real-time information during an active wildfire — fire maps, air quality, evacuation zones, aircraft, and more.
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Always start with Watch Duty !!
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Cal Fire X Feeds: Cal Fire, Cal Fire CZU — Follow and add your location. Provides real-time, crowd-sourced disaster information.
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Cal Fire Latest Incident Reports — Including evacuation information.
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National Fire Situation Map — Overview of all active fires nationally.
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Satellite with Infrared Hot Areas — NASA satellite imagery showing active fire heat signatures.
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California Topography (CalTopo) — Topographic map with MODIS satellite fire detection overlay.
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Alert California Wildfire Cameras — All California Wildfire Cameras
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Local Weather Stations — Wind direction and temperature from Weather Underground personal stations.
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Wind Direction and Speed — Animated wind forecast map.
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Local Air Quality — Real-time air quality readings from PurpleAir sensors near South Skyline.
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Real-Time Aircraft Overflight — Track aircraft in the area using FlightRadar24.
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Real-Time Aircraft Overflight Including Government Aircraft — Use the OpenADSB app (IOS only)
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Fire Communication Scanner - Listen to local fire department communication traffic