Wildfires have been raging through Los Angeles, leaving behind widespread destruction across multiple neighbourhoods. At Bellingcat wanted to share some resources to help monitor the fires and the damage they leave behind. 🧵
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Wildfires have been raging through Los Angeles, leaving behind widespread destruction across multiple neighbourhoods. At Bellingcat wanted to share some resources to help monitor the fires and the damage they leave behind. 🧵
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Today at 12pm PST/3pm EST @aramshabanian.bsky.social is hosting a special office hour for those who want to learn how to monitor the wildfires in Los Angeles. He'll introduce helpful tools and resources to track the fires and assess the damage. discord.gg/qG2rQjTV?eve...
If you can’t attend today’s live event, @aramshabanian.bsky.social also spoke on our Stage Talks last year. He shares ways to monitor wildfires as an open source researcher or concerned citizen. You can find the talk and the resources he shared here: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
One of these tools is NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System, or FIRMS, that detects active fires and thermal anomalies. This can be very helpful when monitoring wildfires like the ones in LA. firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/
These tools can also gather signatures from missile launches, heavy artillery fighting & explosions. Bellingcat has previously written a guide on how to use NASA FIRMS to track conflict incidents. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...