Every feature was designed around the actual workflow of emergency managers —
not a demo environment.
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Multi-Source Fusion Map
The live map defaults to a fused cluster view — one dot per fire, not eight stacked dots from eight satellites. A green pulsing ring means Confirmed (3+ independent systems agree). Amber means Probable (2 systems). Grey means Unconfirmed. Toggle to raw view to see every individual satellite detection with source-coded borders.
Live Map
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NIFC Incident Matching
Every satellite detection is cross-referenced against the NIFC national incident database. Named fires show official acreage, containment %, cause, and duration. Unmatched detections may be unreported fires.
Detection
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Terrain-Aware Spread Modeling
USGS 3DEP elevation data feeds slope and aspect into the Rothermel model. Uphill fire spreads 2–8x faster — the cone reflects real terrain. Flat-ground models are what emergency managers distrust. This one isn't.
Analysis
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Population & Structure Impact
Census Bureau ACS data estimates residents at risk within the evacuation zone. OpenStreetMap counts residential and commercial structures. Every analysis includes who and what is in the path.
Impact
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Platform-Agnostic Alert Payload
One-click export of a structured notification payload — event type, threat level, wind data, spread projections, impact estimates, and evacuation zone geometry. Compatible with any mass notification platform via API.
Notify
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Automatic Jurisdiction Detection
Every fire is automatically reverse-geocoded to its county using the Census TIGER API. County name and FIPS code appear in the zone panel and alert payload — so responders know exactly who owns the response.
Operations
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Satellite Imagery Viewer
Dedicated satellite viewer pulls NASA GIBS true-color imagery and live FIRMS hotspot data for any fire location. Step through days to watch fire progression over time — from ignition to containment.
Intelligence
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Historical Validation Engine
Validation pages replay real NASA VIIRS archive detections from Camp Fire, Dixie Fire, and Lahaina — showing what FireBridge would have generated versus when the actual evacuation order came. Real data, not simulation.
Validation
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Multi-Source Fusion Engine
Detections from all four satellite systems — NASA FIRMS, NOAA GOES, NASA LANCE, and EU EFFIS — are clustered by proximity and time window, then scored by how many independent sources agree. False positives from a single source are suppressed — a gas flare or industrial source rarely triggers four independent satellite pipelines across two continents simultaneously.
Detection
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Shareable Incident Brief
One click generates a print-ready incident brief from the live zone panel — threat level, spread projections, weather conditions, terrain multipliers, population and structure impact, and jurisdiction. Designed to be handed to a briefing room or saved as a PDF in seconds.
Reporting
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Three-Tier ICS Zone Mapping
Every analysis generates three concentric evacuation zones mirroring real incident command structure — Zone 1 (Evacuate Immediately), Zone 2 (Prepare to Evacuate), and Zone 3 (Monitor Conditions). Watch zones scale with threat level: Extreme fires generate zones up to 5 miles beyond the warning perimeter.
Operations
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Dual-Source Weather Fusion
NOAA live conditions and the Open-Meteo historical archive are queried simultaneously. For fires detected more than 2 hours ago, current station readings are discarded — FireBridge pulls archive data and selects peak wind from the fire's afternoon burn window. A fire detected at 3 AM gets the 35 mph winds it actually burned under, not the overnight calm.
Intelligence
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Fire Path Tracking
Satellite detections are connected across time to reconstruct each fire's movement history. Path lines on the map show direction of travel, rate of spread, and intensity evolution — giving responders situational awareness beyond a single snapshot.
Intelligence