Hipponics Firewatch : Fire Map
Danny Jenkins
DISCLAIMER: Hipponics Firewatch is an independent community tool. It is NOT a government app and is NOT affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any government agency or emergency service. Always follow the official warnings and instructions of your state fire authority. Data may be delayed or incomplete. Know what is burning near the people and places you care about: every bushfire in Australia on one live map, with all eight state and territory fire services' warnings side by side. No switching apps near a border or on a road trip. KEY FEATURES • Every current bushfire, its warning level and the fire service's own warning text • Watch zones: a notification when a fire or hotspot appears near your home, family or holiday spot (free account) • Satellite hotspots (Himawari, MODIS, VIIRS), often the first sign of a new fire • Fire danger ratings, wind, smoke, air quality, lightning risk and thunderstorm warnings • Fire boundaries, modelled spread and ember-attack zones (indicative only) • Road closures and power outages near a fire • Firefighting aircraft and 3D terrain • Share a fire, or your position, in a tap Updated about every 10 minutes. Free, with no ads. SUPPORTER (optional) A yearly subscription that keeps Firewatch running and unlocks HD and satellite imagery, aircraft tracking, 3D fire tools and up to 10 watch zones. 3-day free trial for new subscribers. Charged to your Apple Account; renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. DATA SOURCES (complete list) Fire incidents and warnings: NSW Rural Fire Service (rfs.nsw.gov.au); Emergency Management Victoria, VicEmergency (emergency.vic.gov.au); Queensland Fire Department (fire.qld.gov.au); SA Country Fire Service / SA Emergency Services (cfs.sa.gov.au, data.eso.sa.gov.au); WA Dept of Fire and Emergency Services, Emergency WA (emergency.wa.gov.au); Tasmania Fire Service via TasALERT (alert.tas.gov.au); NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Bushfires NT (pfes.nt.gov.au); ACT Emergency Services Agency (esa.act.gov.au) Satellite hotspots and imagery: NASA FIRMS (firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov); NASA GIBS / Worldview (gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov); Geoscience Australia DEA Hotspots (hotspots.dea.ga.gov.au) Weather, fire danger, air quality, storms: Bureau of Meteorology, thunderstorm warnings and fire danger districts (bom.gov.au); Open-Meteo, weather and air quality (open-meteo.com) Road closures: Transport for NSW Live Traffic (transport.nsw.gov.au); Dept of Transport and Planning Victoria (opendata.transport.vic.gov.au); QLDTraffic (qldtraffic.qld.gov.au); SA Dept for Infrastructure and Transport (maps.sa.gov.au); Emergency WA (emergency.wa.gov.au); Tasmania LIST, Dept of Natural Resources and Environment (thelist.tas.gov.au); ACT Emergency Services Agency (data.esa.act.gov.au); NT Road Report (roadreport.nt.gov.au) Power outages (network operators): Ausgrid; Endeavour Energy; Essential Energy; Energex and Ergon Energy; AusNet; Jemena; CitiPower and Powercor; United Energy; SA Power Networks; Western Power; Horizon Power; TasNetworks; Evoenergy Aircraft (community ADS-B networks): airplanes.live, adsb.lol, adsb.one; photos: planespotters.net Maps, terrain and imagery: OpenStreetMap; OpenTopoMap; Esri World Imagery; Cesium ion; NSW Spatial Services; Vicmap, Dept of Transport and Planning Victoria; Queensland Government imagery; ACTmapi; place search: Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) News and community: Bing News search (bing.com); links to official agency social media and Broadcastify scanner feeds Fire-spread and ember-attack estimates are modelled by Hipponics and are indicative only, not official predictions. Your local fire authority's app and website remain the authoritative source for warnings. Terms of Use: https://hipponics.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hipponics.com/privacy
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