This page last updated on September 9, 2014. Jordan Peak Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forest

Tobias Pk Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forest Green Mtn Fire Lookout, CDF Tower, Madera County fire cameras and tools to help firefighters and first responders: Discover, locate, and confirm fire ignition. Signal Pk Fire Lookout, Sierra National Forest Goat Mtn Fire Lookout, Sierra National Forest Shuteye Pk Fire Lookout, Sierra National Forest Redtop Fire Lookout, CDF Tower, Madera Countyįence Meadow Fire Lookout, Sierra National Forest 'Delilah Pk Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forest Needles Pk Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forest Fawndale Cam (SHA 5 R 26.02) is located on I-5 in Shasta County at Fawndale Road in Mountain Gate. Bass Mtn Cam (SHA) is located 2.5 miles due west of the Fawndale off-ramp on I-5 in Shasta County. Musick Mtn Fire Lookout, Sierra National Forestĭeadwood Pk Fire Lookout, CDF/Sierra National Forest Pit River Bridge Cam (SHA 5 R 28.20) is located on northbound I-5 at the east shoulder just before the bridge. Mule Pk Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forestīuck Rock Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forest Tom Fire Lookout, Sierra National Forestīreckenridge Pk Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forest Miami Mountain Fire Lookout, Sierra National Forestīald Mtn Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forest Tower has Web-Cams.īaker Point Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forest Select the lookout below you wish to browse. Public access to the camera feed was launched last week.California Forest Fire Lookout Index Fire Lookouts located across the State of California. Since then, it’s expanded to monitor fires and other natural disasters.

The network was originally created to study earthquakes. The camera network started 20+ years ago in 2000, with numerous improvements to the technology over time. Only fire agencies can control the movement of the cameras, which are placed on tripod platforms that can be removed seasonally with little to no impact on sensitive habitats or tribal lands. New cameras were recently installed in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Madera counties since the new year. They can immediately move the camera, and image that area, and confirm ignition.” The high-definition cameras can pan, tilt and zoom, with a view as far as 60 miles on a clear day and 120 miles on a clear night, according to Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “Five or six years ago they had to send a battalion out or an aircraft to confirm ignition,” says Driscoll. “We can use multiple cameras to pinpoint the location and get a better location as well.” “These cameras are on mountaintops that we can access, and so if we get a 911 call from someone reporting smoke, we can - one click away - just get on the computer and see if there is actually any smoke in the area,” said Capt. Based at the University of California San Diego, ALERTCalifornia is a public safety program focused on fires and other natural disasters featuring a world-class camera network. ALERTCalifornia provides state-of-the-art technology supporting data-driven decisions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters. View live feeds here: Īs the ALERTCalifornia camera network grows in size and sophistication, UC San Diego researchers are using new technology to study natural disaster patterns in the West. I study earthquakes, I make sensors, and here these sensors lend themselves to other events, such as atmospheric rivers and wildfires.” Neal Driscoll, a professor of geology and geophysics at the UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. “We’re trying to understand the impacts, the cascading disasters after these events,” said Dr. FOX News reports that the University of California San Diego and state fire agencies have partnered to launch a public website for people to view live camera feeds from across the state.ĪLERTCalifornia uses a network of more than 1,000 live cameras to track fires. Cal Fire and other agencies are using a network of over 1,000 cameras across California to track wildfires - and now the public can access the network, too.

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