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Your Wildfire GIS Guide for 2025 Starts Here

As wildfire season returns across much of the United States, emergency managers, fire professionals, and GIS analysts face a familiar reality: the stakes are high, resources are limited, and information is constantly changing. That’s why we’re launching a new blog series dedicated to the powerful role GIS technology plays in wildfire preparedness, response, and recovery.

Whether you’re a public safety communicator, a wildland firefighter, or a local planner working to reduce community risk, this series will explore the tools, data, and imagery that help you stay one step ahead of the fire.

What to Expect in This Series

Each article in the series will focus on a critical function of wildfire readiness and walk through real-world GIS resources you can use right now. Topics will include:

Apps and Insights to Stay Informed

Live Data, Hazard Layers, and Dashboards

Remote Sensing and Imagery for Fire Intelligence

Key Takeaways: Staying Ahead of the Fire Curve

This blog series is for anyone who touches wildfire operations—from GIS professionals and emergency managers to field responders, planners, and public information officers. If you need to understand what’s burning, what’s at risk, and how to respond—this series is for you.

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New posts will be published throughout the summer and wildfire season. Bookmark this blog or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter to catch each entry as it drops.

Let’s get prepared, together.

Learn more

To learn more about GIS solutions for wildland fire, visit our solutions page or download our ebook.

About the author

Anthony Schultz is the Director of Wildland Fire Solutions at Esri. He has a background in wildland fire management and operations, having served in a variety of capacities, most recently as the Fire Management Officer (FMO) for the State of Wyoming. During his tenure in Wyoming, he served as chair of the Western State Fire Managers and was a Rocky Mountain Coordinating Group member. He has also served as an FMO with the State of North Dakota. Prior to becoming an FMO, he worked as a wildland firefighter the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

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