Australian Capital Territory fire map — current bushfires & incidents
Last updated
1 active fire incident across Australian Capital Territory — none currently at Watch and Act or above.
- Red Hill fire, ACT — Advice
Official agency feeds, as at 18 October 2026 at 7:44 pm AEDT. Planned burns excluded.
Track bushfires across Australian Capital Territory in real time. Hipponics Firewatch plots current incidents and warnings from the ACT Emergency Services Agency alongside satellite hotspots, fire danger ratings and live conditions — covering Canberra and the surrounding ACT districts.
Open the live ACT fire map →What the ACT map shows
- Live fire incidents and official warnings (Advice, Watch and Act, Emergency Warning) from ESA
- Satellite hotspots from Himawari, MODIS and VIIRS — often the earliest sign of a new fire
- Fire Danger Ratings and atmospheric-stability (C-Haines) for Australian Capital Territory
- Smoke, air quality, wind, lightning risk and road closures
- Watch zones that send a push notification when a fire approaches your home
About Australian Capital Territory fire information
Official warnings for Australian Capital Territory are issued by the ACT Emergency Services Agency. Hipponics Firewatch brings those feeds together with national satellite and weather data on one fast map, and lets you set a watch zone around the places you care about so you are alerted early. It is a situational-awareness tool, not a replacement for official warnings.
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