Posted on 07/14/2021 7:00:49 AM PDT by Perseverando
This map is using dynamic sources of data and is meant to provide a general awareness of wildfire activity for people who are familiar with wildland firefighting data (e.g. public safety professionals). This map is not incident specific. If you zoom out to another fire you will see live feeds for that area if available. This is not an evacuation map, please just use for general reference. NOTE! This is not an evacuation map. If you are told to evacuate, then GO! Do not rely on this map as an excuse to ignore an order to evacuate.
What is on this map and when does this map update?
This is a map made with publicly available information and is being updated from government data sources, not the map author alone. There are four key sources of fire information in this map:
New Wildfire Crowdsourced Locations from #FireMappers - This is a feed from a *Prototype* Survey123 Form for reporting new fire locations (e.g., Initial Attack) quickly and in a spatially explicit manner, from a variety of sources (i.e., social media, scanner traffic, flight radar, agency websites, etc.). It is maintained by GISCorps volunteers and is meant to be a way to quickly map new fires. Note - we have added a layer from the British Columbia Wildfire Service just to show fires from north of the border. See bcwildfire.ca for more details.
Active Fires (Nationwide - IRWIN) from computer aided dispatch - This layer provides a near real-time view of the data being shared through the Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information (IRWIN) service. IRWIN provides data exchange capabilities between participating wildfire systems, including federal, state and local agencies. Data is synchronized across participating organizations to make sure the most current information is available. We are currently working on ways to filter this dataset so it only shows relevant fire locations.
Wildfire Perimeters (NIFC) - The estimated burned area determined by the incident management team. These are generally based on overnight observations from aircraft with infrared sensors (NIROPS), but will usually update each day for large fires before 1000AM Pacific Time.
Satellite Hot Spot Detection (MODIS and VIIRS) - The approximate locations of heat detected by NASA Satellites which will update several times per day. Click on a point for the age and more information. These points are indicative only, not curated by experts, and subject to horizontal accuracy issues and errors (especially with large hot plumes of smoke). For more information see FIRMS FAQ.
Find out more about all of the data sources on this map see: Data Sources in Web Map
geomac.gov got killed off a year or so ago.
Thanks for the post and linky.
I’m not following: Are you suggesting that FReepers become beholden to propaganda? You do understand the nature of the leftist argument for the root cause of the fires, don’t you? Never mind that it’s a natural process under which the eastern US has evolved for THOUSANDS of years.
What’s next: A “gee golly gosh” post about record high temperatures to reinforce the leftist narrative, all while ignoring that the entire Pacific Rim is under the influence of a massive La Niña effect?
Shall I be obligated to view posts about CO2 concentrations to highlight the oppression of the American worker?
Not apologizing for my tone.
If the nature of the fires is incredible to FReepers (nothing new to me), I suggest using that tool in front of you and perform some due diligence on what is properly labeled “fire ecology.”
The wildfires are predictable. It’s a desert/dry lands, hardly any water, no forest management.
Actually, it is not as bad as last year so far.
Poor forest management due to environmentalist demands is the main culprit.
Forest fires are almost exclusively in the West. Midwest and East are a lot more humid and the forests are mostly privately owned. Private owners take better care about preventing forest fires.
This is official forest service fire link
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/
Thanks for the Forest Service link.
Yep, it’s early in the season and things are incredibly dry. I saw that the Mississippi River is at record lows, as well as Lake Meade.
Are you "suggesting" the #FireMappers interactive map is "propaganda?"
I suggest you use the tool in front of you to show your fellow Freepers that it is propaganda.
Also, seep the link at post #6.
If you hurry you can catch Stuart Varney on Fox Business News talking about a massive 200,000 acre fire in Oregon in just a moment. But, it’s probably just propaganda.
No fires in the bay area yet
The el nino cycle is driven by the 11 year solar sunspot cycle. El ninos usually occur on the upswing of the solar cycle after the sunspot lull. During this solar cycle that upswing phase occurs in 2022. So if this were a normal solar cycle there would be an el nino in 2022. However, the last solar cycle was so weak that there was an el nino vortex reversal in 2019.
Well that's the age old problem isn't it? As the adage goes, "everybody is talking about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it." /sarc
I am concerned about those threatened by fire and drought and those fire fighters, first responders, etc dealing with it.
Not to mention, what about the national crisis of the shortage of minority transgender soy midgets in fire fighting occupations. (Again /sarc)
Was just watching the Fox Business clip on western forest fires and they are reporting a shortage of volunteer fire fighters.
The wildfires are predictable. It’s a desert/dry lands, hardly any water, no forest management.
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Then the News announces “Santa Ana Winds” and “Red Flag Warning”, and all the arsonists head out.
I would say, factor in Antifa and ‘Lone Wolf’ Muslims.
Looks like a lot of them are spot fires caused by lighting and quickly extinguished by firefighters or rain - 0.1 acres.
no chit
I hope that is correct. I haven't seen any info along those lines except for yours.
I did run across this: Bootleg Fire, largest in US, tops 200,000 acres; 21 homes, structures lost; area closures extended
I use InciWeb (https://inciweb.nwcg.gov) From the web site:
InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident information management system. The system was developed with two primary missions:
Provide the public a single source of incident related information
Provide a standardized reporting tool for the Public Affairs community
Yes, let us all just lie down like dogs and just take it when propaganda is delivered to the forum.
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