Ashland Oregon’s draft plan is live on the city’s web site. Our plan for that journey is called the Community Wildfire Protection Plan, or CWPP. On the CWPP page you will find the following links:
Month: May 2025
My list of Weather, Lightning, Wind, Fire and Smoke web sites and apps that I use
Table of Contents
Weather, Wind, Fire and Smoke Apps I Use
NASA / USFS Fire Information US/Canada (FIRMS)
Fire
InciWeb
InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident information management system.
NASA / USFS Fire Information US/Canada (FIRMS)
Oregon
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:24hrs;@-119.8,43.9,8.0z
North America (US, Canada, Mexico)
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:24hrs;@-100.0,40.0,4.0z
Watch Duty apps and web
Stay Safe From Wildfires When Seconds Count. Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.
iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/watch-duty-wildfire/id1574452924
Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.watchduty.app
Web Browser
Frontline Wildfire Tracker apps
iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/frontline-wildfire-tracker/id1508096232
Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.firefriends.frontline&hl=en
FireSource app
iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firesource-live-wildfires/id1517932241
PulsePoint
PulsePoint is a public 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation building applications that help public safety agencies inform and engage their citizens.
PulsePoint Respond
PulsePoint Respond is a 911-connected app that can immediately inform you of emergencies occurring in your community and can request your help when CPR is needed nearby. PulsePoint Respond is not available in all areas. The service is only offered where adopted by the local public safety agency.
Note: can be used to track house fires and vegetation fires
iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pulsepoint-respond/id500772134
Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment
PulsePoint AED
PulsePoint AED is a powerful tool to build, manage and mobilize an emergency AED registry. Registered AEDs are accessible to emergency call takers and disclosed to those nearby during cardiac arrest events.
iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pulsepoint-aed/id867150971
Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pulsepoint.aeds.android
Weather, Wind
Weather Underground
https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap
iOS
https://app.appsflyer.com/id486154808?pid=Web&c=AppPage
Android
https://app.appsflyer.com/com.wunderground.android.weather?pid=Web&c=AppPage
Ashland citizen weather stations
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA92
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA123
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA124
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA127
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA143
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA159
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA163
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA164
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA165
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORASHLA168
OpenWeatherMap
https://openweathermap.org/city/5711789
Windy
iOS
https://windyapp.onelink.me/VcDy/maj23uxr
Android
https://windyapp.onelink.me/VcDy/maj23uxr
Lightning
My Lightning Tracker & Alerts
IOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/my-lightning-tracker-alerts/id1175031987
Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrustonapps.mylightningtracker&hl=en_US&pli=1
LightningMaps.org
A community project with free lightning maps and apps
Ashland area
https://www.lightningmaps.org/#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;y=41.934;x=-121.1751;z=9;d=2;dl=2;dc=0;
North America
https://www.lightningmaps.org/blitzortung/america/index.php?lang=en
Real Time map
https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;
NASA Lightning Viewer
https://weather.ndc.nasa.gov/sport/lightning-viewer/
Air Quality / Smoke
AirNow.Gov
Ashland Fire Station #1
https://aqicn.org/city/usa/oregon/ashland-fire-department/
Air Quality Worldwide maps
Southern Oregon
https://aqicn.org/here/#!gl!42.1830269!-122.7104623
https://aqicn.org/map/northamerica/
Local Haze app
iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/local-haze/id1278998405
Purple Air map
Ashland City area
Note: you can also look at time lapse recordings for 5,15,30 minutes and 1,3,6,12 hours by clicking on the combobox in the lower right hand corner.
Ashland Oregon Area Live Cameras
There are several live (on YouTube) cameras that I use as part of my situation analysis for what is happening in and around Ashland Oregon. You can click on each link to open a browser tab that contains the live video feed.
- Ashland Plaza
- Lithia Park
- Lithia Park Band Shell
- North Main Street (traffic)
- Ashland Forest Resiliency Watershed
- Ashland Municipal Airport
- Mount Ashland West (faces east)
- Mount Ashland East (faces west)
- Mount Ashland West (360 Camera)
- Roxy Ann Peak (includes scanner audio)