FIREWATCH

FireWatch is a wildfire prediction, detection and monitoring platform from Geospatial Insight that fuses multi-source satellite data with weather forecasts and environmental intelligence to deliver near-real-time situational awareness across North America, Australia, Southern Europe and the UK.

The platform ingests thermal hotspot data from MODIS, VIIRS and other EO satellites (refreshed up to four times daily) and combines it with high-resolution weather models, soil moisture datasets and historical wildfire records to produce fire perimeter maps, spread predictions and risk quantification for property and infrastructure.

Key capabilities:

• Hotspot Detection: Automated thermal hotspot identification from MODIS, VIIRS and additional EO sensors, updated up to four times per day.
• Fire Perimeter & Spread Prediction: Near-real-time delineation of active fire boundaries plus probabilistic spread modelling factoring wind, terrain and fuel moisture.
• Risk Quantification: Scores exposure risk to buildings, utilities and infrastructure assets for underwriting, claims and resilience planning.
• Post-Event Analysis: Burn area mapping, trend analysis and portfolio accumulation monitoring for insurers and land managers.
• Alerting & Integration: Configurable automated alerts, a customisable dashboard, GIS outputs and REST API for embedding into emergency response and insurance workflows.

FireWatch serves insurers, emergency services, government agencies and utility companies requiring fast, operationally integrated wildfire intelligence.