About Hipponics Firewatch
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Hipponics Firewatch is a free, independent bushfire map for the whole of Australia. It brings the official incident and warning feeds from all eight state and territory fire services onto one live national map, adds satellite hotspot detections and weather, and sends a push alert when a fire appears near a place you care about. It is not a government service, and it has no ads.
Open the live map →What it covers
- New South Wales: NSW Rural Fire Service
- Victoria: Country Fire Authority and VicEmergency
- Queensland: Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
- South Australia: South Australian Country Fire Service
- Western Australia: Department of Fire and Emergency Services
- Tasmania: Tasmania Fire Service
- Australian Capital Territory: ACT Emergency Services Agency
- Northern Territory: NT Fire & Rescue Service and Bushfires NT
- Satellite hotspots across the country from Geoscience Australia (Himawari-9, MODIS, VIIRS) and NASA FIRMS
What you can do with it
- See every current fire and its official warning level (Advice, Watch and Act, Emergency Warning) and containment status, with the agency's own warning text
- Spot new fires early from satellite hotspots, often before they are officially reported
- Check Fire Danger Ratings, wind, dry-lightning risk, thunderstorm warnings, smoke and air quality
- See a fire's mapped boundary where the agency publishes one, and a modelled prediction of where it may spread, with ember-attack zones
- Check road closures and power outages near a fire
- Set watch zones around your home, family or holiday spot and get push notifications when a fire or hotspot appears nearby
- Explore fires in 3D over real terrain
- Follow a named fire on its own page, such as those listed on current major fires
How it differs from the official apps
Each state's fire service runs its own app and map, and those remain the authority for warnings in that state. Hipponics Firewatch does not replace them. It puts them side by side on one national map, adds satellite and weather layers, and lets you watch places in several states at once, which helps near state borders, when travelling, or when family live interstate. Every incident links back to the agency that issued it.
Who makes it
Hipponics Firewatch is built and run independently in Australia by Hipponics. Contact us through the feedback form in the app. Data from NT PFES / Bushfires NT is used with their permission; every other feed is credited to the agency that publishes it.
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