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SATELLITE FIRE INTELLIGENCE WESTERN UNITED STATES

See the fire line
before it moves.

Data feed

Loading live observationsSentinel-2 + VIIRS
ACTIVE INCIDENTS--Loading feed
ESTIMATED FOOTPRINT-- acLatest completed scene estimates
NEW HOTSPOTS--Past 24 hours
SCENE COVERAGE82%Cloud cover across AOIs
Perimeter New hotspot

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS

Latest observations

Footprint updated · Cedar Creek

Sentinel-2 NBR change detection found 1,240 new acres.

12 new thermal anomalies

VIIRS 375m detections inside the Juniper Ridge AOI.

New cloud-free scene available

Landsat 9 collection processed for Pine Hollow.

HOW IT WORKS

Every clear scene becomes a fresh perimeter.

Thermal anomalies identify emerging activity. NBR and NDVI change analysis turns successive optical scenes into estimated burn footprints.

Explore the detection pipeline

MONITOR A LOCATION

Tag a fire

The live feed is connected. Creating a new area of interest from this form is the next workflow to wire to the protected scene orchestrator.

CONFIRM INCIDENT

Combine FIRMS candidates

Candidate clusters

This records one confirmed incident and associates the selected thermal clusters with it.