BlazeRadar — Updates

What shipped and what's next. Feedback drives this list — most of it lands the same day it's suggested.

Map July 25, 2026

Map update 2 — signal over noise

Feedback: Max Ford, project lead

Burned-area perimeters redrawn: bold red fill with a dark outline, so where the fire has been reads at a glance
Evacuation zones stand out: heavier dashed borders, and urgency now drives opacity — Level 3 “Go Now” zones are boldest
Small dead fires auto-prune from the map (fully contained under 50 acres, or tiny and stale) — a “Minor fires” toggle keeps them one click away
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches now render as map layers (magenta / orange)
New layer control: toggle perimeters, zones, fires, alerts, and shelters individually
Every fire popup shows when its record was last updated (“updated 3 h ago”)

Map July 25, 2026

Feedback: Max Ford, project lead

Fully contained fires turn grey so active threats stand out (the mobile app dims them the same way)
Fire markers are now flame icons that scale with acreage — a 40,000-acre fire no longer looks like a campfire
Full-screen Live Map added as its own tab on this site

Platform July 22, 2026

Official name locked in; blazeradar.org registered
Production API live with TLS at api.blazeradar.org — five data layers, full-US coverage, refreshed every 2–15 minutes
This site launched with the live map embedded

Roadmap Coming next