FireRiskMap — the open risk map
Wildfire risk hectare by hectare — not from weather alone, but from many signals. Others build this behind closed doors; we build it openly, with the community and researchers.
In research · openWhat feeds the map
Weather & EFFIS danger
Official fire danger (Fire Weather Index) and local weather as the baseline.
Vegetation & fuel
What can burn: species, density, deadwood, dryness of the litter.
Topography
Slopes and aspect — fire runs uphill, south faces dry out faster.
Soil moisture
Straight from our soil probes — dry ground raises risk early.
People & activity
Trails, BBQ spots, railways — most fires are human-caused.
Live sensors
Real gas and smoke readings from the mesh feed straight into the map.
Open, not closed
Comparable projects (e.g. Dryad’s FireRiskMap, publicly funded) stay proprietary — model and data are a black box. FireWatch flips that: open data, open model, auditable and verifiable. That is exactly what open research is for.