Depending on where you live in the United States, Wildfire season is either upon you or coming up. Crucial information about weather updates and knowing when and where potential severe fire conditions are key. Did you know that the Wildfire SAFE is an app that provides all of this information?
This app serves as a single place where you can receive weather updates and fuel conditions that may lead to severe wildfires, determine expected fire behavior, and also 7-day forecasts in anticipation of severe fire hazard conditions.
This app serves as a single place where you can receive weather updates and fuel conditions that may lead to severe wildfires, determine expected fire behavior, and also 7-day forecasts in anticipation of severe fire hazard conditions.
This app was developed to improve firefighter and public safety along with situational awareness on rapidly deteriorating wildfire conditions that may assist with strategically placed resources. This app will assist volunteer firefighters and prescribed fire practitioners enhance their risk mitigation planning in fire operations.
It also provides a number of capabilities that integrate Wildland Fire Assessment System (USDA Forest Service) products with incidents to derive specific outputs for those incidents. With this type of information, you are able to review and compare all the active incidents in specific areas.
For more information on this app, be sure to check out their website.