Developed by Avehar LLC
About WFGuard
Wildfire and community situational awareness built around clear source attribution and human decision-making.
What WFGuard Is
WFGuard brings official wildfire incident information, satellite thermal detections, weather, air quality, earthquakes, coastal context, preparedness resources, and community risk reporting into one public-facing view.
The goal is to help residents and public-safety partners see relevant information sooner and understand where each signal came from without confusing a satellite observation with an official incident.
How Fire Information Is Classified
WFGuard keeps official incident reporting separate from satellite interpretation. CAL FIRE and NIFC records provide official incident context. NASA FIRMS observations are shown as thermal anomalies or stronger satellite fire signals based on source confidence, radiative power, temperature evidence, and independent repeat observations.
- Official active fire: current official wildfire record that is not reported as fully contained.
- Official contained incident: a 100%-contained incident that remains in a current official feed.
- Corroborated or strong satellite signal: elevated satellite evidence, not an official incident declaration.
- Thermal anomaly: a satellite heat detection that should not be called a wildfire by itself.
Public-Safety Boundaries
WFGuard is a supplemental situational-awareness system. It does not replace 911, AlertMarin, evacuation orders, incident command, or instructions from local authorities.
Satellite brightness temperature is not flame temperature, and a satellite pixel footprint is not a fire perimeter. The application preserves those distinctions in its map labels and public wording.
Data Sources
WFGuard currently integrates public information from CAL FIRE, NIFC/WFIGS, NASA FIRMS, Weather.gov/NWS, AirNow, USGS, NOAA, and FEMA-related hazard context. Source-health indicators and refresh information are shown in the public interface so users can see when a provider is live, cached, degraded, or unavailable.
Department and Station Access
The public experience is designed for community awareness. Fire departments and stations can use protected operational modules for incident review, AI-assisted triage, work orders, lifecycle tracking, reporting, and configurable local workflows.
Operational tools are intentionally separated from the public resident experience and require department credentials.
Community Preparedness
WFGuard also includes wildfire-readiness material for evacuation planning, go-bags, defensible space, pets and animals, and community outreach. These resources are intended to complement official local preparedness guidance.
Sponsors & Collaboration
WFGuard can acknowledge public-safety sponsors and community partners while keeping operational and emergency information clearly separated from sponsorship content.