The second online mapping tool is the Fire Information for Resource Management Systems map, or FIRMS, which uses data from the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and NASA.

A contained wildfire is one that still burns but is no longer spreading, while a controlled fire has been extinguished. The forest service was continuously updating an interactive map to chart the ...

LOS ANGELES -A new interactive map launched on the Los Angeles County website is providing a lifeline for residents affected by the Palisades wildfires, offering real-time updates on the status of ...

(The Denver Post has a real-time fire map.) National Geographic reports that the Colorado fires will at the very least increase the cost of water treatment for years to come. The community 60 ...