Wildfire Risk Monitor
Wildfire Risk MonitorPrepared by LINEACG for UC Berkeley
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Sample addresses

Four readings for this address

Shown separately so a calm sky never hides a high-hazard site.

Conditions right now

Threats nearby

Fire map

Your address at the center. Distance and direction, not a street map.

Weather alerts

National Weather Service, active at this point

Fires in range

Next 72 hours

Fire-weather outlook

Wind gusts

Miles per hour

Relative humidity

Percent. Below 20% is critically dry.

History at this location

Last 30 days

Daily lowest humidity, with rain days marked

Past fires within 15 miles

Wildfires of 100+ acres since 2000 from the interagency perimeter feed. Older years are incomplete (for example, the 2018 Camp Fire is missing); Phase 2 adds CAL FIRE perimeter records.

Data and integrations

Bring your own data

Research datasets plot on the fire map next to public data. Files stay in this browser tab.

Drop a CSV or GeoJSON file here

CSV columns: name, lat, lon, value. GeoJSON: point features with a name property.

No custom layer loaded.

Source status

Each source reports its own health, so a failure shows as a failure and never as a calm default.

SourceProvidesStatusRecordsResponsePhase

Planned for later phases

Phase 2

Property hazard layer

CAL FIRE hazard zones, USFS burn probability, fuel type and slope for the exact parcel.

Phase 2

Satellite hotspots and smoke

NASA FIRMS detections within hours, NOAA smoke plumes, AirNow readings.

Phase 2

Live cameras

ALERTCalifornia cameras nearest the address, pending embedding terms.

Phase 2

Alerts and recipients

Email and text when the status changes, with quiet hours and escalation by role.

Phase 2

Research datasets

Permanent integration of Berkeley data sources, with versioning and access control.

Phase 3

Drone surveys

Upload, store and compare perimeter footage over time.

Phase 3

Remediation plan

Defensible-space and home-hardening checklist ranked by impact, with progress tracking.

Phase 3

Reports and history

One-page readiness reports and an audit trail for insurers, lenders and funders.