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Fire Detection - 9/8/2026

Scanned Area · updated Sep 8, 11:58 AM UTC

This brief separates observed FIRMS thermal detections from Firehound-inferred context layers. It is a scan-derived intelligence report, not an official incident perimeter or emergency instruction.

Firehound is an experimental wildfire situational-awareness product using public satellite, weather, terrain, and incident data. It is not an official emergency service. Always follow evacuation orders and instructions from local authorities.
Thermal detections
7

7 live / latest Sep 8, 9:55 AM UTC

Latest detection
44 days ago

Sep 8, 9:55 AM UTC

6h fire energy proxy
0.0

Total FIRMS FRP in current analysis window

Wind vector
0.0 m/s

NE 45 deg

Last refresh
44 days ago

Sep 8, 11:58 AM UTC

AOI Intelligence Map

Source-backed thermal detections with preliminary Firehound context layers.

thermal + corridor + exposure
ThermalCorridorFrontWind

Executive Assessment

Observed heat and inferred corridor status.

Firehound is seeing 7 thermal detections across the AOI layer. The latest detection timestamp is Sep 8, 9:55 AM UTC. The working interpretation is stable, with the active heat pattern aligned to the northeastern corridor shown on the map.

The threat corridor is not a prediction or evacuation product. It is a directional exposure layer derived from recent thermal activity, wind, terrain assumptions, and uncertainty. Official evacuation instructions remain authoritative.

Thermal Feed Composition

FIRMS sources represented in the layer.

  • FIRMS VIIRS

    7 detections

Detection Timeline

Most recent thermal observations in the AOI.

6 shown
  1. 44 days ago

    Sep 8, 9:55 AM UTC / FIRMS VIIRS / FRP 3.8

    live
  2. 44 days ago

    Sep 8, 9:55 AM UTC / FIRMS VIIRS / FRP 3.0

    live
  3. 44 days ago

    Sep 8, 9:54 AM UTC / FIRMS VIIRS / FRP 0.6

    live
  4. 44 days ago

    Sep 8, 8:14 AM UTC / FIRMS VIIRS / FRP 1.1

    live
  5. 44 days ago

    Sep 8, 8:14 AM UTC / FIRMS VIIRS / FRP 1.1

    live
  6. 44 days ago

    Sep 8, 8:14 AM UTC / FIRMS VIIRS / FRP 0.8

    live

Exposure Notes

Assets currently scoring highest in the Firehound layer.

Asset exposure is not yet computed for user-drawn scan reports.

Confidence And Limits

How strongly the current layers should be read.

Overall

44%

Source recency

0%

Weather alignment

0%

Terrain agreement

0%

Inferred layers are probabilistic and may be delayed, incomplete, or incorrect. Official perimeters and evacuation zones may update independently of Firehound.

Operational Caution

Firehound does not issue evacuation advice, route guidance, or life-safety decisions. Use this as an intelligence layer beside official CAL FIRE, county, sheriff, and emergency-management instructions.