Fire weather
Red Flag Warnings Explained: What Fire Weather Means for You
What a Red Flag Warning and a Fire Weather Watch mean, the weather that makes wildfires spread fast, and what to avoid and prepare when one is issued.
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Track wildfires in real time
See every active fire on a live map, get alerted the moment one moves toward the places you love, and forecast where it's headed next.
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Features
Everything you need when every minute counts
A live wildfire map for everyone — plus the monitoring, alerts, and forecasts that protect the people and places you care about.
Every wildfire, on one live map
Active fires pulse in orange; contained ones fade to grey. Tap any fire for its size, cause, containment, and location — all continuously updated.
- Active vs. contained at a glance
- Fire perimeter overlays
- Search & filter by status
Get warned before it reaches you
PremiumSave the places that matter — home, family, the cabin — with a custom watch radius. FireRadar's monitoring service watches them around the clock and pushes an alert the instant a fire ignites or grows within range.
- Custom radius watch zones
- Proximity push alerts
- Follow specific fires
- Air-quality warnings
Scrub the past. Forecast the future.
PremiumDrag through a fire's growth history hour by hour, then keep going into an AI-projected spread forecast — the same feel as scrubbing weather radar.
- Hour-by-hour growth history
- AI spread projection
- Containment trend
See the smoke and which way it's blowing
Toggle an air-quality heatmap and an animated wind field to understand where smoke is drifting and how conditions are driving the fire.
- AQI heatmap
- Animated wind particles
- Satellite & thermal data
How it works
Protection in three steps
Set it up once. FireRadar keeps watch from then on.
1
Save the places you love
Add your home, family, or the cabin — each with a custom watch radius. The free map works instantly, no setup needed.
2
We watch around the clock
FireRadar's backend cross-checks satellite thermal detections against official agency reports continuously — no need to keep the app open.
3
Act the moment it matters
Get a push alert the instant a fire ignites or grows within range, with size, containment, air quality, and spread forecast in one screen.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Where does the fire data come from?
FireRadar fuses NASA and NOAA satellite thermal detections (VIIRS) with official incident feeds from fire agencies in the United States, Canada, and Australia — the same sources professionals rely on.
How fast are alerts?
Monitoring is evaluated server-side and delivered as push notifications, typically within minutes of new satellite or agency data arriving.
Do I need to keep the app open to get alerts?
No — monitoring runs on FireRadar's backend, so alerts arrive even when the app is closed.
Which regions are covered?
Satellite fire detections are available worldwide, with detailed incident data — size, cause, containment — for the United States, Canada, and Australia. More regions are on the way.
Is my location shared?
Location is used only to center the map and evaluate proximity to your saved areas. It is never sold or shared. See our privacy policy for details.
What's free vs. Premium?
The live map, air-quality and wind layers, search, and the history timeline are free. Location monitoring, proximity alerts, and the AI spread forecast are Premium.
How much does Premium cost?
Current pricing is shown in the app. Subscriptions renew automatically and you can cancel anytime in your App Store settings.
From the blog
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Air qualityWildfire Smoke and Air Quality: How to Read the AQI and Protect Your Health
What wildfire smoke does to air quality, how to read AQI levels for PM2.5, and practical steps to protect yourself indoors and outdoors.
Stay one step ahead of the fire
The live wildfire map is free, forever. Premium adds monitoring, alerts, and the AI spread forecast. Available for iPhone.