AFIS gives you access to the latest wild fire locations, fire danger forecasts, historical fire reports and much more:
- Today's fire danger index displayed on a map for locations you define, including your current location.
- Fire danger forecasts based on daily numerical weather forecast inputs (e.g. wind speed, air temperature, relative humidity) and fire statistics for your locations, or wherever you drop a pin on the map.
- Satellite-detected real-time active fires displayed around your defined locations.
- Current vegetation “curing” or dryness relative to 14 years of satellite-derived vegetation greenness data.
- Detailed information about detected fires (e.g. intensity and time of detection).
- Fire history showing a location's fire events in the last 14 years in relation to historical vegetation curing using graphs, as well as statistics such as fire count, frequency and time since last burn.
- A fire danger calculator which allows anyone with access to weather information to calculate their own fire danger ratings based on their local measurements.
- Share observations of fire with the community by uploading geotagged photos to the AFIS Web Viewer.
- A global map of fire counts for the last 14 years.
Requirements:
Compatible with iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 7.0 or later. WiFi, EDGE, or 3G network connection required.
Requirements:
Requires Android 4.0 and higher. WiFi, EDGE, or 3G network connection required.
Known issues:
Geotagged photo upload feature does not work.
Android App Usage
- Create an ad-hoc location and view its associated Fire Danger Index:
Tap and hold finger on the map to drop a pin - once it appears tap on the "Fire Danger" tab to view the FDI forecast.
- Create permanent locations and view their FDIs and History:
- Tap and hold on the map to drop a pin - once it appears tap on the created pin, a menu will appear, then tap "Add Location", provide a name if none is suggested.
Repeat the above step to add more locations.
- Tap Fire Danger once you have added all locations of interest - Swipe from left to right to page between FDI forecasts for all created locations.
- Tap History - Swipe from left to right to page between FDI forecasts for all created locations.
About
The Advanced Fire Monitoring System (AFIS) is a satellite-based fire information tool that provides near real-time fire information to users across the globe. The AFIS app integrates the various AFIS services in a fully-featured, easy-to-use mobile application.
AFIS provides global fire information, but if any data seems to be missing, please let us know at mobile-support@afis.co.za. Please note that land cover is only available for the United States and South Africa.
iOS Updates
Version 1.2.0
Released on 15 October 2015
- NEWUpdated for iOS 9.
- NEWAutomatically display fires around the current location.
- NEWImprove legibility of low FDI values on iPhone.
- FIXBug fixes and improvements.
Version 1.1.0
Released on 3 February 2015
- NEWUpdated for iOS 7 and 8.
- NEWSupport for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
- NEWAdded Portuguese and Spanish translations.
- NEWWeather forecast is now available globally!
- FIXVarious bugs have been fixed.
Version 1.0.1
Released on 24 September 2013
- FIXBug fixes and improvements for iOS 7.
- NEWGlobal active fires from FIRMS.
Version 1.0
Released on 23 July 2013
Android Updates
Version 0.9.6
Released on 28 August 2014
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