Resources for tracking the Bridge Fire in Auburn, CA

Maintained by Christian Hammond [Twitter] — Beanbag, Inc. / Unofficial Butte County COVID-19 Tracker

Created/updated September 5, 2021 at 10:30PM.

If you have any good, reliable resources I'm missing, reach out to me on Twitter .

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🔥 Official Bridge Fire Pages

• Monday Morning briefing
  • Additional information
• Incident Report

📡 Other Satellite Maps

Many of these provide the same data in different views. Note that heat signatures may not always be accurate, and different satellites update at different intervals.

• SARTopo
  • Fire and wind information, heat maps, fire history, structures, and more
• #FireMappers
  • Another view of satellite data, showing heat signatures and perimeters
• NASA FIRMS
  • NASA's view of the satellite data, with date/time selection
• Windy — Wind map
  • Good visual of current wind (and other weather) conditions
• PurpleAir - Air Quality
  • Good time to break out the N95 masks, respirators, and air purifiers. If you don't have any, buy them.
• GISsurfer
  • Another useful map view, with several layers of information for weather, local fire cameras, and more.

📷 Cameras

• ALERTWildfire Cameras
  • Tiled View of Cameras Focusing on Fire

🚁 Information and Operations

• FlightRadar24 - Flight Tracking (Helicopters, Planes)
  • Click a helicopter/plane to see flight paths
• Wildfire Intel Community Forum
  • Detailed discussions and information about this fire.
• How to read symbols on CAL FIRE maps
  • Starting point for understanding the ][ and )( symbols and other information seen on the daily reports.

👩‍💻 Twitter

• All posts tagged #BridgeFire

• Twitter List containing all accounts below (Some may tweet about topics unrelated to this fire)

• Official Feeds

  • @PlacerSheriff — Updates from Placer County Sheriff's Office
  • @CAL_FIRE — Main CAL FIRE account
  • @CALFIRENEU — CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit

• Information Reporting

  • @CAFireScanner — Fire updates based on scanner information
  • @barkflight — Covering briefings, scanner traffic, and updates
  • @CEDRdigital — Regular updates
  • @BCWildfireHelp — Updates and retweets
  • @YubaNetFire — Fire news from @YubaNet (Nevada County), covering the area and providing Bridge Fire info
  • @sparky_chief — Useful links, updates, evacuations, and other information
  • @wildland_zko — Zeke Lunder — Fire analysis and trends
  • @jerichoisland — Updates on nearby fires in California

  👨‍💻 Facebook

  • All posts tagged #BridgeFire
  • Official Pages
    • Placer County Sheriff's Office — Evacuation notices, other updates
    • CALFIRE — Main CAL FIRE page
    • CALFIRENEU — CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit

Evacuation Map

Placer County (Source)

https://pcsogis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Embed/index.html?webmap=e228748e713d444fa5dcaa07eaf0fda8