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FireCast's first public release.
What it does
- Satellite heat detections (VIIRS, MODIS, GOES, RADR burn areas) drawn at the ground each one actually covers, with a detail panel that says what the detection does and does not mean.
- NASA Fire Event Perimeters, and Where is it burning?: the fires in the area in one list, with Run a Model from this perimeter on any NASA perimeter.
- A fire spread model that runs on the device, from a point, a perimeter you draw, a shape already on the map, or a NASA perimeter: real fuel, slope and canopy (LANDFIRE), station, forecast and HRRR wind, fuel moisture, the Forest Service's Behave library, and embers. Thirty runs give a Predicted Fire Size from smallest to largest.
- The buildings, homes and people (up to) each hour reaches, from FEMA's national building inventory, with schools, hospitals and care homes named.
- FIRIS model runs and PyreCast forecasts beside your own runs, each with a time slider.
- Runs and downloaded data come back after a restart with no signal.
Which APK
| Your ATAK | Download |
|---|---|
| ATAK-CIV 5.6 | ATAK-Plugin-FireCast-0.5--5.6.0-civ-release.apk |
| ATAK-CIV 5.7 | ATAK-Plugin-FireCast-0.5--5.7.0-civ-release.apk |
| ATAK-CIV 5.8 | ATAK-Plugin-FireCast-0.5--5.8.0-civ-release.apk |
Built and signed by tak.gov. Sideload the one that matches your ATAK, then load it in ATAK's Plugins manager.
User guide with screenshots: https://github.com/takwerx/firecast/blob/main/docs/USER_GUIDE.md