Learn — FireWatch
A wildfire is an unplanned fire burning in vegetation — forest, grassland, shrub or peat. FireWatch tracks them two ways: satellite “hot-spot” detections that flag where something is burning right now, and named incidents with reported size and containment.
- How satellites spot firesThermal sensors, the FRP intensity measure, why detections come in batches, and what a hot spot can and cannot tell you.
- What makes a fire spreadThe fire triangle, why weather and terrain dominate, and the red-flag conditions that drive explosive growth.
- Reading incidents and containmentWhat acreage and “percent contained” really mean, and why a fire can be large yet largely controlled — or small yet dangerous.