Ashland Oregon’s 2025 Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update is Live

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:

See the CWPP Highlights in a Visual Story Map

Read the 2025 Ashland Community Wildfire Plan DRAFT (PDF)

Submit Comments to the CWPP Team by June 2nd

My list of Weather, Lightning, Wind, Fire and Smoke web sites and apps that I use



Fire


InciWeb


InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident information management system.

https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/


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

https://app.watchduty.org/



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/


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

https://windy.app/


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/world/

https://aqicn.org/map/northamerica/




Local Haze app


iOS

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/local-haze/id1278998405



Purple Air map


Ashland City area

https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0#11.85/42.18416/-122.69943/-9.4/2



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.