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.
Wildfire Safety & Tracking Blog
Guides on wildfire tracking, evacuation readiness, smoke and air quality, and how satellite fire detection works — from the FireRadar team.
Fire basics
What Does Wildfire Containment Mean? Acres, Perimeter and Percent Contained
What it means when a wildfire is 40% contained, how control lines work, why fires can grow while containment rises, and contained vs. controlled vs. out.
Air quality
Wildfire 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.
Preparedness
How to Protect Your Home from Wildfire: Defensible Space and Home Hardening
How embers ignite homes, the three defensible space zones around your house, and the home-hardening upgrades that make the biggest difference in a wildfire.
Fire detection
How Satellites Detect Wildfires: VIIRS, MODIS and GOES Explained
How fire-detecting satellites spot hotspots from orbit, what VIIRS, MODIS and GOES each do best, and how to interpret fire detections on a map.
Preparedness
Wildfire Evacuation Levels Explained: Ready, Set, Go
What evacuation warnings, orders and Level 1, 2 and 3 alerts mean during a wildfire, how the names differ between regions, and what to do at each stage.
Preparedness
Wildfire Evacuation Checklist: What to Pack and When to Leave
A practical wildfire evacuation checklist: what to put in your go bag, the six P's to grab, how to prepare your home and car, and why leaving early matters.
