During a Wildfire

All the links for finding real-time information during an active wildfire — fire maps, air quality, evacuation zones, aircraft, and more.

  1. Always start with Watch Duty !!

  2. Cal Fire X Feeds: Cal Fire, Cal Fire CZU — Follow and add your location. Provides real-time, crowd-sourced disaster information.

  3. Cal Fire Latest Incident Reports — Including evacuation information.

  4. National Fire Situation Map — Overview of all active fires nationally.

  5. Satellite with Infrared Hot Areas — NASA satellite imagery showing active fire heat signatures.

  6. California Topography (CalTopo) — Topographic map with MODIS satellite fire detection overlay.

  7. Alert California Wildfire Cameras — All California Wildfire Cameras

  8. Local Weather Stations — Wind direction and temperature from Weather Underground personal stations.

  9. Lightning Map

  10. Wind Direction and Speed — Animated wind forecast map.

  11. Local Air Quality — Real-time air quality readings from PurpleAir sensors near South Skyline.

  12. Real-Time Aircraft Overflight — Track aircraft in the area using FlightRadar24.

  13. Real-Time Aircraft Overflight Including Government Aircraft — Use the OpenADSB app (IOS only)

  14. Fire Communication Scanner - Listen to local fire department communication traffic