The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS-I) provides data from sensors aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. At this time, there is no way to discriminate between these two possibilities. The identification of a fire can be the result of a hot fire in a relatively small area or a cooler fire over a larger area. The identification of a 'fire' by MODIS does not necessarily mean the entire area represented is on fire. Thermal information is collected at 1,000-meter spatial resolution.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) displays fire detection data and uses fire and thermal anomalies data compiled via MODIS satellites Terra and Aqua. But because of the distance of the satellites, the nature of the measurements and obfuscation by smoke, the resolution is coarse and not 100 percent accurate. CalFire and others use this data to help identify fires and their hot spots. They are an approximation and do not include all areas affected by fire, nor do they indicate with certainty an area was affected. The perimeters are intended to provide a picture of the scope and extent of the fires in California, as well as parts of Nevada and Oregon, with the most current data possible. Perimeters are not available for every incident.įire perimeters for incidents before Jare based on infrared and thermal imaging from NASA's MODIS and VIIRS-I products. Perimeters do not include prescribed or incident complex fires. This map displays all current wildfire fire perimeters available through NIFC that have not been 100% contained. Fire Perimetersįire perimeters are based on geographic data from the National Interagency Fire Center, updated once an hour. Butte/Tehama/Glenn Lightning Complex (Butte Zone)Ĭamp Fire Visual Essay: A ballet rises from the ashes in fire scarred Paradise About this data Methodologyįires are labeled when they are larger than 500 acres, cause damage to property, or when people are injured or killed as a result of the fire.Where planners are restricting development on steep hillsides, where flames can accelerate vertically, making them nearly indefensible for firefighters. The authors point to San Diego as one example. There are places where people have learned over hundreds even thousands of years to live intimately with landscapes and with fire and to make it work in certain ways,' Milligan said.īut in some areas of California the wildfire threat has become so intense, there is a level of planning that goes further: making the case of designing more fire resistant communities, or in some instances, planning what's known as managed fire retreat. 'I think one of the most robust ways of looking at adaptation is through indigenous knowledge, whether that's in California or elsewhere. Earlier this year, ABC7 News along with our partners at National Geographic profiled examples, including the Yurok nation, and the local Amah Mutsun tribal band, which is helping to manage historic Redwood groves in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He points to a growing movement, often involving indigenous peoples, who are reintroducing ceremonial burns to control and manage the brush and fuel that can feed fast-moving wildfires.

Professor Milligan says some emerging strategies involve living better with fire instead. There's a whole colonial legacy behind that,' says Milligan. 'What's known as fire suppression is not allowing fires to burn in landscapes that have evolved to burn and typically do burn. RELATED: Here's how East Bay tidal marsh is becoming key in fight against climate change

They describe much of the past centuries as a pattern of fire resistance, as European settlers displaced native populations. 'What we've been interested in doing is trying to understand what are people doing around the world and fire-prone areas to better adapt to this compounding issue of wildfire? And so we've collected about 27 case studies at this point,' professor Schlickman said. In their upcoming book 'Design by Fire,' UC Davis researchers Emily Schlickman and Brett Milligan sifted through the recently smoldering landscapes for lessons moving forward. But weighing the risk and rewards is already shaping policy up and down the state. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) - For victims of California wildfires, the decision about whether to return and rebuild is often painful. In their upcoming book, 'Design by Fire' UC Davis researchers sifted through the recently smoldering landscapes for lessons moving forward.

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