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

📡 Fire/Satellite/Operations 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
FlightRadar24 - Flight Tracking (Helicopters, Planes)
- Click a helicopter/plane to see flight paths
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.
Fire Smoke Tracker
- Focusing on smoke tracking across Canada and the US.

Apps

Watch Duty (RECOMMENDED)
- Wildfire notifications for Android and iOS, featuring many of the people in the Twitter account list below

📷 Cameras

ALERTWildfire Cameras

💬 Information and Discussions

Wildfire Intel Community Forum
- Detailed discussions and information
How to read symbols on CAL FIRE maps
- Starting point for understanding the ][ and )( symbols and other information seen on the daily reports
Caltrans Road Closure Lookup
- Put in highway numbers to determine if they’re closed
InciWeb
- US-wide Incident information

👩‍💻 Twitter

Official CAL FIRE Feeds
- @CAL_FIRE — Main CAL FIRE account
- @CALFIRE_ButteCo — CAL FIRE Butte County
- @CALFIRE_MEU — CAL FIRE Mendocino
- @CALFIRENEU — CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
- @CALFIRESHU — CAL FIRE Shasta Unit
Official National Forest Service Feeds
- @LassenNF — Updates for Lassen National Forest
- @LosPadresNF — National Forest Service, Los Padres
Official County/City/Department Feeds
- Butte County
  - @ButteSheriff — Butte County Sheriff's Office — Evacuation Notices
- Mendocino County
  - @MendoSheriff — Mendocino Sheriff's Office
- Orange County
  - @LagunaNiguelCity — City of Laguna Niguel
  - @OCFireAuthority — Official Orange County Fire Authority
- Placer County
  - @PlacerSheriff — Updates from Placer County Sheriff's Office
- Santa Barbara County
  - @EliasonMike — Santa Barbara County Fire
  - @SBCityFirePIO — Santa Barbara City
  - @SBSOPIO — Santa Barbara County Sheriff
  - @SBCFireInfo — Daniel Bertucelli, Public Information Officer
  - @montecitofire — Montecito Fire Department
  - @CHP_SantaBarb — California Highway Patrol, Santa Barbara
- Shasta County
  - @ShastaSheriff — Shasta Sheriff's Office
Meteorologists
- @RobMayeda — Rob Mayeda, NBC Bay Area meteorologist
- @DarrenLeedsWx — Darren Leeds, KRCR
- @JasonStiff — Jason Stiff
- @Weather1224 — Kris Kuyper
Information Reporting
- Often California-wide
  - @CAFireScanner — Fire updates based on scanner information
  - @barkflight — Covering briefings, scanner traffic, and updates
  - @CEDRdigital — Regular updates
  - @BCWildfireHelp — Updates and retweets
  - @sparky_chief — Useful links, updates, evacuations, and other information
  - @RealMiBaWi — General fire information and updates
  - @ai6yrham — Fire information, general emergencies, sometimes cute animals
- Often Regional
Photography
Useful Bots