🗺️ Free, forever

Put a live wildfire map on your site — free.

Real fires straight from NIFC and NWS — re-checked every 2 minutes for the agencies’ latest reports. No more outdated static image on your page. Built for local news, real estate, tourism, and county sites. One line of code, no cost, no time limit.

Get your code

Two fields. No waiting.

Tell us your email and where it's going, pick the state your map should center on, and your embed code appears immediately below — nothing to approve, nothing to install beyond the one line.

Questions or a custom request? maps@firerisk.ai

No card, no waiting for approval — your code appears right here.

See it live — Washington example

Why this map

Every layer here does something most fire maps don't.

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NASA satellite hotspot detection

Picks up new heat signatures from satellite (FIRMS) — sometimes before a fire is even registered as an official incident. Most public fire maps don’t carry this layer at all.

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Live wind-flow visualization

Animated streaks show NOAA-modeled wind direction and speed, so visitors can see which way a fire could spread next — not just its last reported location.

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Smoke & air quality (AQI)

Pulled from EPA AirNow — shows where smoke is actually drifting, which is often far from the fire itself and matters more to most people nearby.

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NWS Red Flag Warning zones

The official "extreme fire danger" boundaries from the National Weather Service, overlaid directly on the map.

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Evacuation zone boundaries

Real zone geometry where it exists — not a generic radius circle standing in for an official evacuation area.

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Live aircraft tracking

See firefighting aircraft in the air in real time. Almost no other public-facing fire map offers this.

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Historical fire perimeters

Past fire scars overlaid on the same map, so visitors can see which areas have burned before, not just what’s burning today.

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Never goes stale

The page itself refreshes every 2 minutes. It’s not a static image someone has to remember to swap out.

Questions

Free map embed FAQ

Is this really free, forever?
Yes. No time limit, no credit card, no trial that converts to a paid plan later. The one condition is that the small "Powered by FireRisk.ai" credit stays on the widget.
Will it slow down my website?
It shouldn’t. The map is an iframe — the heavy part (the map engine, live data) loads from FireRisk’s own servers, not yours, so it doesn’t add to your site’s own JavaScript. It also only starts loading once a visitor actually scrolls to it.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. It’s one line — the same kind of snippet you’d paste to embed a YouTube video. Drop it into your page’s HTML and it renders itself.
Where does the fire data actually come from?
Real official feeds: NIFC (National Interagency Fire Center) for fire locations, the National Weather Service for Red Flag Warnings, and NASA satellite data for heat detections — the same sources firefighters and emergency managers use, not a third-party aggregator.
How fresh is the data, really?
The page itself refreshes every 2 minutes so you’re never looking at a cached snapshot. The underlying fire locations come from NIFC’s own incident reports, which field teams update about once a day (officially not real-time) — the weather, smoke, and air-quality layers update more often, from NWS and EPA feeds directly.
Can I choose which state or area it shows?
Yes — pick any of the states we cover when you sign up, and your embed centers on that one.
Will it work on mobile?
Yes, it’s fully responsive and auto-resizes to fit whatever container you drop it into, phone or desktop.
Does FireRisk see my visitors’ data?
The widget doesn’t ask visitors for any personal information, and nothing feeds back into your own site’s analytics. FireRisk logs anonymous usage (like how many times a map loads) the same way any embedded map or video would.
What if I want to remove it later?
Delete the one line of code from your page. There’s no account to cancel and nothing else to undo.
Is there a paid version with more features?
Not for this map — it’s free specifically to get live wildfire data in front of more people. FireRisk does sell a separate risk-score widget aimed at insurers and contractors, but that’s a different product from this map.
Can government and nonprofit sites use this?
Yes — this was built with exactly that in mind, along with local news, real estate, and tourism sites that currently run an outdated or static fire map.
Who do I contact with questions or a custom request?
Email maps@firerisk.ai — a real person reads it, whether it’s a quick question or something more custom (a specific county view, a different default layer set, etc.).

Still have a question? maps@firerisk.ai