{"id":2001782,"date":"2023-08-23T07:30:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2001782"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:54:06","slug":"new-updates-for-wildfire-aware","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/new-updates-for-wildfire-aware","title":{"rendered":"New Updates for Wildfire Aware"},"author":8492,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,24371],"tags":[767042,27711,23331,194042,754262],"industry":[],"product":[421922,36841,36581,36551,37011],"class_list":["post-2001782","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-public-safety","tag-aware","tag-fire","tag-situational-awareness","tag-wildfire","tag-wildland-fire","product-arcgis","product-api-python","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online","product-esri-demographics"],"acf":{"short_description":"App enhancements and updated demographics help to increase your awareness during fire season.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">You might have already used the Esri <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/wildfireaware\/\">Wildfire Aware<\/a> app to track wildfires in the United States. What&#8217;s subtle about the app is the way that it allows people with no GIS knowledge or experience to use the power of GIS and understand the scope of wildfires anywhere in the US (except territories) in near real time. <\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2042992,"id":2042992,"title":"WFAware_August4_2023","filename":"WFAware_August4_2023.jpg","filesize":452037,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_August4_2023.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/new-updates-for-wildfire-aware\/wfaware_august4_2023","alt":"Wildfire Aware app showing the continental USA, Alaska, and Hawaii.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"wfaware_august4_2023","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2001782,"date":"2023-08-04 18:59:36","modified":"2023-08-04 20:51:19","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":1920,"height":963,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_August4_2023-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_August4_2023.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":233,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_August4_2023.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":385,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_August4_2023.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":963,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_August4_2023-1536x770.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":770,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_August4_2023.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":963,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_August4_2023-826x414.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":414,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_August4_2023.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":963}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/wildfireaware\/"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is the first fire app of its kind, one which uses 22 authoritative demographic and natural resources layers from the Esri&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\">Living Atlas of the World<\/a> to contextualize wildfires as they happen.\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=\"none\">Since then, developers have been hard at work enhancing the map. First, we released <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=8999e470a6d4466db0950466d337d3d2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">the layer<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> that the app uses to summarize information about people and the environment, allowing people to access the enriched information for their own custom maps and apps.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2043172,"id":2043172,"title":"WFAware_Layer","filename":"WFAware_Layer.jpg","filesize":181092,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_Layer.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/new-updates-for-wildfire-aware\/wfaware_layer","alt":"Screenshot of the Wildfire Aware item content webpage.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"wfaware_layer","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2001782,"date":"2023-08-04 20:32:42","modified":"2023-08-04 20:51:41","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":1311,"height":711,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_Layer-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_Layer.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":252,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_Layer.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":417,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_Layer.jpg","large-width":1311,"large-height":711,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_Layer.jpg","1536x1536-width":1311,"1536x1536-height":711,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_Layer.jpg","2048x2048-width":1311,"2048x2048-height":711,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_Layer-826x448.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":448,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_Layer.jpg","wide_image-width":1311,"wide_image-height":711}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=8999e470a6d4466db0950466d337d3d2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Second, a measure tool was added. This gives people precise distance information between the latest wildfire perimeter and points of interest in a few clicks.<\/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":2042972,"id":2042972,"title":"WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023","filename":"WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023.gif","filesize":8954299,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/new-updates-for-wildfire-aware\/wfawaremeasuretool_august42023","alt":"Animated gif showing the how to use the measure tool.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"wfawaremeasuretool_august42023","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2001782,"date":"2023-08-04 18:54:33","modified":"2023-08-04 20:51:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":789,"height":552,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023.gif","medium-width":373,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":537,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023.gif","large-width":789,"large-height":552,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023.gif","1536x1536-width":789,"1536x1536-height":552,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023.gif","2048x2048-width":789,"2048x2048-height":552,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023-665x465.gif","card_image-width":665,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023.gif","wide_image-width":789,"wide_image-height":552}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAwareMeasureTool_August42023.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Third, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/whats-new-in-esri-demographics-and-living-atlas-june-2023\/\">demographic data<\/a> has been updated with the most current information available in the Living Atlas, the 2023 demographics! This demographic data is produced by Esri in combination with the latest US Census Bureau American Community Survey from December 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2043022,"id":2043022,"title":"WFAware_DemographicsUpdate","filename":"WFAware_DemographicsUpdate.jpg","filesize":269462,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WFAware_DemographicsUpdate.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/public-safety\/new-updates-for-wildfire-aware\/wfaware_demographicsupdate","alt":"Screenshot of the app showing the Golden Fire with census block population and housing metrics found within the fire perimeter.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"wfaware_demographicsupdate","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2001782,"date":"2023-08-04 19:15:11","modified":"2023-08-04 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data-contrast=\"none\">Esri wishes you a very uneventful wildfire season. Should anything happen, the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/wildfireaware\/\">Wildfire Aware<\/a> App will keep you current.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0 Please reach out to us with comments or questions.<\/span><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4161,"user_firstname":"Jim","user_lastname":"Herries","nickname":"Jim Herries","user_nicename":"jimhe","display_name":"Jim Herries","user_email":"jherries@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:15:47","user_description":"Jim Herries is a geographer with Esri in Redlands, California. He serves as Senior Principal GIS Engineer, GIS Engineering Lead, Cartography on the team responsible for ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.\r\n\r\nJim works with teams on thematic mapping and other types of maps that bring data to life, reflecting a drive to help GIS users find insights as they go along. He constantly looks for ways to create clear, focused map information products that incorporate meaningful spatial analysis and evocative visualizations. \r\n\r\nWhen he started in GIS at Ohio State, he walked over to the campus library to transcribe census data by hand to paper so that he could hand-enter it into spreadsheets for upload into Arc\/INFO for mapping and analysis. Today, he appreciates how web GIS brings everyone access to good data in useful layers and maps as a starting point for great work.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Headshot-for-ArcGIS-Blog.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"},{"ID":4941,"user_firstname":"Michael","user_lastname":"Dangermond","nickname":"Michael Dangermond","user_nicename":"mdangermond","display_name":"Michael Dangermond","user_email":"MDangermond@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:36","user_description":"Michael Dangermond has over 25 years experience in GIS in such diverse fields as cartography, agriculture, international boundary delineation, environmental protection, regional planning, park planning, land and wildlife conservation, and forestry. 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