Support Firewatch
Keep it live.
Keep it free.
Firewatch is operated as a public service — no ads, no tracking, no paywall. If it has helped you sleep better during a fire season, or saved you a phone call to dispatch, please consider chipping in. Every dollar goes directly to hosting, NASA satellite quota, and keeping the lights on through the smoke.
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Where the money goes
Server & database hosting
~$40/mo
NASA FIRMS satellite quota
Free up to 5K/day
Web push notifications
Free (VAPID)
Domain + email delivery (Resend)
~$20/yr
What Firewatch already gives you — for free
- Live WildCAD-E dispatch incidents from 8 WA dispatch centers
- NIFC WFIGS active fire perimeters + incident locations
- NASA VIIRS satellite hotspot detection (first warning, before dispatch)
- NWS evacuation alerts overlaid on the map
- WSDOT road closures + mountain pass conditions
- ALERTWildfire camera deep-links
- Saved locations with proximity push notifications
- RSS / iCal feeds for emergency-manager workflows
Other ways to help
- ★ Tell your neighbors — share okanoganhighlandsfirewatch.app on the local Facebook group, post a flyer at the General Store, get the word out before the next fire season.
- ★ Become a Verified Reporter: if you're a ground-truth witness during an incident — firefighter, sheriff, or a resident with good eyes — sign up and ping the admin to verify your account. Verified updates show with a badge on incident pages.
- ★ Subscribe to the iCal feed in your work calendar app — keeps emergency-managers informed without a single page refresh.
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