Live map: The wildfires burning in California right now
A live map of every wildfire perimeter currently tracked in California, drawn from the same FIRIS infrared-aircraft and interagency feed that powers CAL FIRE's own incident map. Updated automatically every five minutes, with acreage and perimeter age for each active incident.
The data comes from CAL FIRE's public perimeter feed, which combines three sources: infrared mapping flights flown by the state's FIRIS program—aircraft that fly significant incidents seven days a week—CAL FIRE's own Intel flights, and interagency perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center. It is the same feed that powers CAL FIRE's official incident map.
Sources: Fire perimeters are drawn from CAL FIRE's public perimeter feed, which combines infrared aircraft mapping from the FIRIS program (Cal OES), CAL FIRE Intel flight data, and National Interagency Fire Center interagency perimeters—the same feed behind CAL FIRE's incident map. Containment percentages, where shown, come from NIFC's WFIGS incident data; fires without a matching WFIGS record show containment N/A. Perimeters are mapped for significant incidents only and update irregularly (minutes to hours behind conditions). Not for evacuation decisions—follow CAL FIRE and local emergency officials. Auto-refreshes every 5 minutes.
A note on reading the wildfire map: perimeters are mapped for significant incidents, not every ignition, and they update irregularly—a perimeter may be minutes or many hours behind conditions on the ground. The "perimeter age" shown for each fire tells you how fresh the mapping is. This page is for situational awareness, not safety decisions; in an emergency, follow CAL FIRE and your county's emergency officials.
