If you smell or see smoke, a new online, interactive map can show you where that smoke might be coming from. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information about the Wildfire Early Notification Map…
The online map was created by a group of volunteer mapping experts. The Wildfire Early Notification Map provides a publicly-available, real-time map that shows fires as they happen across the United States, even if it’s from a fire so small and remote you may not have heard of it. Then zoom in to your area, click on a fire symbol, and the map brings up information about the blaze, such as its official name, size, percentage contained, cause, and when the fire was detected. The website works by bringing together information from public safety agencies, social media, fire cameras, and radio traffic so you can get a full picture of fire incidents. It’s a “one-stop-shop” for finding information early during an incident, said Paul Doherty, director of technology and innovation for the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation, which created the map.
The map can be found here: https://napsg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6dc469279760492d802c7ba6db45ff0e
