{"id":1739552,"date":"2022-10-26T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T19:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1739552"},"modified":"2022-10-27T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T19:15:00","slug":"wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire Aware App Design and Implementation"},"author":4161,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941,22771,24371],"tags":[96582,572002,268131,194042],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36831,36551],"class_list":["post-1739552","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-natural-resources","category-public-safety","tag-arcgis-api-for-javascript","tag-arcgis-living-atlas","tag-living-atlas","tag-wildfire","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-js-api-arcgis","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Esri team responsible for the Wildfire Aware app shares key design and implementation decisions.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recently the Living Atlas team <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">released a new app called Wildfire Aware<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span>This app was designed to allow users to dynamically view information about wildfires and their potential impacts.\u00a0When wildfires occur the citizens and those across the country have a variety of questions. The central idea for the <span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/wildfireware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildfire Aware app<\/a><\/span> is to provide timely answers to those questions for a variety of trusted sources. ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS API for JavaScript, ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Living Atlas content made it feasible for a team to assemble and deliver those answers in the Wildfire Aware app.<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The Esri team responsible for this project wants to share a bit about the \u201cmaking of\u201d Wildfire Aware. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1739652,"id":1739652,"title":"Wildfire Aware Mosquito Fire graphic","filename":"Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic.png","filesize":412527,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation\/wildfire-aware-mosquite-fire-graphic","alt":"2022 Mosquito Fire as seen in the Wildfire Aware app October 12, 2022","author":"4161","description":"2022 Mosquito Fire as seen in the Wildfire Aware app October 12, 2022","caption":"2022 Mosquito Fire as seen in the Wildfire Aware app October 12, 2022","name":"wildfire-aware-mosquite-fire-graphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1739552,"date":"2022-10-20 18:18:32","modified":"2022-10-20 19:57:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1548,"height":960,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic.png","medium-width":421,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":476,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic.png","large-width":1548,"large-height":960,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic-1536x953.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":953,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic.png","2048x2048-width":1548,"2048x2048-height":960,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic-750x465.png","card_image-width":750,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic.png","wide_image-width":1548,"wide_image-height":960}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Mosquite-Fire-graphic.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1><span data-contrast=\"none\">Audience and Purpose<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Members of ArcGIS Living Atlas team frequently talk about the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">audience for<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">purpose of<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> a map or app because it helps turn discussion about data into discussion about questions and answers. In this blog, we call out key decisions made to illustrate those occasions when the team recognized a way it could turn data into impactful information.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A key step is to define the audience. The audience anticipated for this app includes:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Communities and residents near a fire<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Curious people who are hearing about a fire and are interested but live far away\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">People with emotional or historic ties to the area \u2013 vacation rentals, family heritage, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Corporations who want more awareness of their customers impacted by a fire<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Organizations with an interest in environmental impacts of fire<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Media organizations seeking information that is traditionally difficult to obtain<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This app is <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">not <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">a substitute for official maps and evacuation information being shared by local authorities. Our audience wants to view information, see the current and potential impacts, and share the map via social media, an email, or a text message so that the recipient can see the same exact map and information the sender is viewing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We prioritized some of the questions the audience might have. Some of these questions are relatively simple facts to obtain, while others have a more complex nature.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1735212,"id":1735212,"title":"WildfireAwareCloud","filename":"WildfireAwareCloud-scaled.jpg","filesize":284186,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation\/wildfireawarecloud","alt":"Typical questions related to wildfire information needs.","author":"8492","description":"Typical questions related to wildfire information needs.","caption":"Typical questions related to wildfire information needs.","name":"wildfireawarecloud","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1739552,"date":"2022-10-17 20:01:52","modified":"2022-10-20 19:56:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1587,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-scaled.jpg","medium-width":421,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":476,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-scaled.jpg","large-width":1742,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-1536x952.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":952,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-2048x1270.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1270,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-750x465.jpg","card_image-width":750,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-1742x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1742,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WildfireAwareCloud-scaled.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1><span data-contrast=\"none\">App and Map Design<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Living Atlas team previously built an app called <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/hurricane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hurricane Aware<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> which served as the inspiration for our work on Wildfire Aware. It gave us a comparable user experience to talk about as requirements for a wildfire equivalent were discussed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The wildfire basemap was developed early in the project and quickly began to achieve visual design objectives. The basemap author wanted near-seamless transitions between imagery and human geographies (towns, roads, forest boundaries, etc.) The basemap sets the stage for the fire location and perimeter on the map.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1739672,"id":1739672,"title":"Wildfire Aware Basemap graphic","filename":"Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic.png","filesize":492784,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation\/wildfire-aware-basemap-graphic","alt":"The basemap balances landforms and labels to set a context for wildfire symbols.","author":"4161","description":"The basemap balances landforms and labels to set a context for wildfire symbols.","caption":"The basemap balances landforms and labels to set a context for wildfire symbols.","name":"wildfire-aware-basemap-graphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1739552,"date":"2022-10-20 18:29:12","modified":"2022-10-20 20:05:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1600,"height":1200,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic.png","medium-width":348,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic.png","large-width":1440,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic-1536x1152.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic.png","2048x2048-width":1600,"2048x2048-height":1200,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic-620x465.png","card_image-width":620,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic-1440x1080.png","wide_image-width":1440,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Basemap-graphic.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW216798316 BCX0\">basemap<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">also helped the team <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">think about <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">right<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\"> layers t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">o query<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">\u00a0to provide data to the information pan<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">el on the right side of the app.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\"> It\u2019s one thing to put a town\u2019s name <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW216798316 BCX0\">on<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\"> the map, but how many people live there and in nearby rural homes?<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\"> It\u2019s straightforward to show a fire perimeter <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">overlaying a forest boundary<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">, but what natural resources were present there?<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">\u00a0 What if just a small piece of the fire boundary touches a census tract or a state forest boundary \u2013 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216798316 BCX0\">what does that small overlap contribute to the whole story?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW216798316 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1><span data-contrast=\"none\">Data Aggregation<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The map&#8217;s visual quality helped raise the bar of expectations for analytics, queries and the overall quality of the user experience. Braiding these threads together became a crucial part of the work. The team chose to tell a story about each fire\u2019s effect on natural resources and people in the area. Data was perfectly well-structured for GIS analysis work but not structured for viral-ready application use.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Hurricane Aware app summarizes population data using U.S. Census tract data because hurricanes are such large events, geographically speaking, that census tracts are a relatively small unit of geography to summarize using a hurricane swath or cone of uncertainty.\u00a0 For wildfires, we noticed that census tracts were not a suitable layer to use to summarize population in relation to a wildfire perimeter or distance for point of origin. Wildfires start small and their size changes hour by hour, so a more granular census geography was needed: census blocks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To facilitate team awareness of the problem with tracts and proposed solution, we used Arcade in our pop-ups to evaluate our spatial queries and visually inspect the results onscreen. That allowed us to show everyone the differences between tract level queries and block level queries. The map below illustrates this \u2013 the yellow boundary is a census tract affected by the Mosquito fire (in red). The map also shows census block centroids, represented by the people symbols. <\/span>By displaying fire perimeters in relation to populations and infrastructure, users gain a sense of the potential impact of a given fire.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1739662,"id":1739662,"title":"Wildfire Aware Mosquito Fire Tract example graphic","filename":"Wildfire-Aware-tract-example.png","filesize":396944,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation\/wildfire-aware-tract-example","alt":"A size comparison of a census tract (in yellow) with the Mosquito Fire (in red).","author":"4161","description":"A size comparison of a census tract (in yellow) with the Mosquito Fire (in red).","caption":"A size comparison of a census tract (in yellow) with the Mosquito Fire (in red).","name":"wildfire-aware-tract-example","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1739552,"date":"2022-10-20 18:18:45","modified":"2022-10-20 19:58:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1467,"height":813,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":257,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":426,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example.png","large-width":1467,"large-height":813,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example.png","1536x1536-width":1467,"1536x1536-height":813,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example.png","2048x2048-width":1467,"2048x2048-height":813,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example-826x458.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":458,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example.png","wide_image-width":1467,"wide_image-height":813}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-tract-example.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We switched from querying tracts to querying blocks using a census block apportionment method. This is a proven approach used by ArcGIS Business Analyst and other tools. The team selected population and housing characteristics of interest and used ModelBuilder in ArcGIS Pro to prepare a blocks layer with those characteristics pre-apportioned to each block. The estimated values are then easily summed for blocks that fall within the fire perimeter or other spatial query. The resulting layer was delivered in ArcGIS Online as a feature layer so that the information could be rapidly queried by a pop-up, the app, or (eventually) a Notebook. Having a ModelBuilder model allowed us to easily add and delete attributes in that layer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1739642,"id":1739642,"title":"Wildfire Aware Population graphic","filename":"Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic.png","filesize":42188,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation\/wildfire-aware-population-graphic","alt":"Wildfire Aware Population information graphic summarizes key data about people and their housing.","author":"4161","description":"Wildfire Aware Population information graphic summarizes key data about people and their housing.","caption":"Wildfire Aware Population information graphic summarizes key data about people and their housing.","name":"wildfire-aware-population-graphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1739552,"date":"2022-10-20 18:18:27","modified":"2022-10-20 19:59:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":406,"height":690,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic.png","medium-width":154,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic.png","medium_large-width":406,"medium_large-height":690,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic.png","large-width":406,"large-height":690,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic.png","1536x1536-width":406,"1536x1536-height":690,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic.png","2048x2048-width":406,"2048x2048-height":690,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic-274x465.png","card_image-width":274,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic.png","wide_image-width":406,"wide_image-height":690}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Population-graphic.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A similar approach was adopted to query layers with data about natural resources. To track what the fire is doing to the natural resources, we created an array of hexagons covering all 50 states, one data point per square mile. With that hexagon array we sought to answer the following questions: What potential is there for a wildfire hazard in that area? Is the area rich with threatened or endangered species? What ecoregion is this a part of? What types of landforms are found in that area, is it high mountains or flat plains? Is the fire burning in federally listed critical habitats? What public ownership, wilderness areas, and tribal nations are affected? How much of this area is forest, grassland, shrubland or bare ground?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1739632,"id":1739632,"title":"Wildfire Aware Ecosystem graphic","filename":"Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic.png","filesize":83267,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation\/wildfire-aware-ecosystem-graphic","alt":"Wildfire Aware Ecosystem information graphic summarizes key data about habitat and species impacted.","author":"4161","description":"Wildfire Aware Ecosystem information graphic summarizes key data about habitat and species impacted.","caption":"Wildfire Aware Ecosystem information graphic summarizes key data about habitat and species impacted.","name":"wildfire-aware-ecosystem-graphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1739552,"date":"2022-10-20 18:18:21","modified":"2022-10-20 19:59:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":403,"height":1313,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic.png","medium-width":80,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic.png","medium_large-width":403,"medium_large-height":1313,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic.png","large-width":331,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic.png","1536x1536-width":403,"1536x1536-height":1313,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic.png","2048x2048-width":403,"2048x2048-height":1313,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic-143x465.png","card_image-width":143,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic-331x1080.png","wide_image-width":331,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wildfire-Aware-Ecosystem-graphic.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">One way of looking at a fire&#8217;s environmental impact is to account for how much carbon is potentially lost to the atmosphere when it is consumed by the fire. For this, we conducted analysis using a US Forest Service carbon model and assembled the total carbon stored in each hexagon. We counted carbon above ground for each square mile in forest canopy, understory, and dead material above ground.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1749272,"id":1749272,"title":"AggregateData-01","filename":"AggregateData-01-1-scaled.jpg","filesize":539332,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation\/aggregatedata-01-2","alt":"Flowchart for how the data is aggregated.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"Flowchart for how the data is aggregated.","name":"aggregatedata-01-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1739552,"date":"2022-10-27 16:39:32","modified":"2022-10-27 18:43:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1873,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-scaled.jpg","medium-width":357,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":562,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-scaled.jpg","large-width":1476,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-1536x1124.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1124,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-2048x1498.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1498,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-636x465.jpg","card_image-width":636,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-1476x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1476,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AggregateData-01-1-scaled.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1><span data-contrast=\"none\">Optimizing for Performance<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nothing goes viral like a fire. This is something we all have experienced when there is a structure fire in our neighborhood. Everyone wants to know what&#8217;s going on&#8230; at the same time. And everyone seems to be asking the same questions. When did it start? What happened? How did it start? Did their pets get out? Is everyone OK?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It dawned on us that everyone would be asking the same questions of wildfires as well. Given the way we had envisioned the app working originally, a large number of people could query the app at the same moment and overwhelm it. Maybe there was a way to prepare a set of answers before anyone even launches the app? Doing this would speed up the application considerably. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We can display population at risk and the underlying natural resources data for every fire using data aggregation, but there\u2019s a caveat. If the query originates from the app, it means that every time a user clicks on a fire the data aggregation process is performed. This workflow can work for simple apps but what if thousands of users are clicking on the same fire every second? There is no need to query the data based on the same fire a thousand times per second.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We knew that the natural resources and population data does not change often, and the fire boundary changes a few times a day. We realized that the live feed of fire perimeters could dictate the frequency of queries. We just do the query once after a fire perimeter receives an update, and we store the results and display them every time a user clicks on a fire. Using this approach, we can pre-calculate those queries on population and natural resources and store the results in a feature layer to be available for the app. That query is cached in the CDN as well, further improving performance. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To do this we used Esri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/live-feeds-powering-updates-of-arcgis-living-atlas-indicators-of-the-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live feeds technology<\/a>. At regular intervals, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-notebooks\/workspace-options\/arcgis-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">notebook in ArcGIS Online<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> queries vital information from the census blocks layer and the one square mile natural resources hexagons layer and aggregates the results, writing them to a table related to the wildfires feed. In this way the app already has the answer for the map user before they even click on a fire. This cuts way down on the number of queries made to the server making it able to handle everyone&#8217;s need for information.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is especially useful for viral apps; we would have one query per fire instead of thousands of queries per second, dramatically reducing the number of times we perform an operation and increasing performance. We update the results of the pre-calculations if new fires appear, or their perimeters are updated. This process is implemented using live feeds and a notebook.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We created a live feed routine. A live feed routine was set up to automatically aggregate natural resources and population data based on the current fire perimeters. The live feed routine runs every hour as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/analytics\/introducing-arcgis-notebooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">hosted notebook<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in ArcGIS Online and stores the results of the fire aggregation process in a hosted feature service. The hosted feature service is used by the app to retrieve the results of the data aggregation process instead of doing it on the fly every time a user clicks on the map.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A hosted notebook was selected for running the live feed routine because it removes the need to set up a new system. It already has all the python libraries and tools required for the data aggregation, and it is a truly scalable solution: we can increase the frequency it runs during fire season or decrease it in the off season.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Live feeds allow us to reduce the number of queries performed by the app as well as increase responsiveness. Using hosted notebooks allows us to quickly set up and deploy routines and make them scalable during on and off season.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1><span data-contrast=\"none\">Application<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the most fundamental level the goal of Wildfire Aware is to present and report to a wide-ranging audience the latest information about wildfires along with summarized information about the areas within and around them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The basic layout of the app gave a lot of space to the map but gave the main attention to the right-hand panel that lists the fires and facts about a chosen fire. The map is at times a supporting actor in this app\u2019s story, and at other times is a main focus. The app choreographs that.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The app is built with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript which dynamically connects all the visual elements \u2013 the information sidebar, the widgets, and some of the map-related graphics. Having the notebook bear the burden of pre-processing the aggregated layers freed up the application to perform simple, cache-able queries. The aggregated layers contain the key information that gives depth to the app by providing the human and ecological context throughout the map which uses the ArcGIS REST API.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Using a feature service\u2019s endpoint URL we can access the information within that service, its layers, and associated capabilities. With a GET request we can query a feature service\u2019s specific layer to receive the needed information. Once the requested information from our GET request is received, we double-check the returned query-object and then render that data with the other layers (fire information, temperature, drought conditions, wind, and air quality).<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apps built with ArcGIS API for JavaScript are highly adaptable and all the customized parts of this app work together: the list of fires ranked by number of people assigned to them, the report panel with all the information related to the fire and surrounding area, and the map with its controls. As a result, the audience can go to Wildfire Aware to obtain integrated information on people and natural resources at risk in a single place, by just choosing a fire or clicking on the map.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1735182,"id":1735182,"title":"WFAwareFlowChart-01","filename":"WFAwareFlowChart-01-scaled.jpg","filesize":509908,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WFAwareFlowChart-01-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/wildfire-aware-app-design-and-implementation\/wfawareflowchart-01","alt":"Hexagon flowchart for the making of Wildfire Aware","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"wfawareflowchart-01","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1739552,"date":"2022-10-17 20:00:29","modified":"2022-10-27 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