The Tower 5 AppWildfire intelligence for iOSNow in TestFlight
Wildfire intelligence, built for everyone.
Track every active fire perimeter, every NWS warning, every smoke plume — and the
long-term risk underneath them. Tower 5 brings the same data wildland firefighters
use into a map you can read in seconds.
Active perimeters from WFIGS, satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS, smoke plumes
from NOAA HMS, and weather warnings from NWS — all on one map, refreshed
continuously.
Each section of the map is built around a question you might actually have — what's burning, how bad could it get, what's the weather doing, where can I go.
Fire Activity
What's burning right now
Active perimeters at the polygon level, satellite hotspots at the pixel level, and Red Flag warnings overlaid where conditions could spread.
Active Perimeters
FIRMS Hotspots
Red Flag Warnings
Smoke Plumes
Fire Risk
How dangerous it could get
USFS Hazard Potential, NCDP climate-projected risk for 2050 & 2100, today's NFDRS Energy Release Component — the indices fire crews actually watch.
Hazard Potential
Future Risk (2050)
ERC Index
Historical (100yr)
Weather
The weather that drives fire
Wind direction, gust speed, air temp, current and forecast rainfall, plus the U.S. Drought Monitor — everything that turns spark into spread.
Wind & Gusts
Air Temperature
Rain (72h forecast)
Drought Monitor
Resources
Help — and ignition sources
Fire stations and hospitals when you need help. Hazard shelters when you need to evacuate. Power lines, because that's where most modern wildfires start.
Fire Stations
Hospitals
Hazard Shelters
Power Lines
Be ready when it counts
From "what's that smell" to "we're leaving in 10."
Tower 5 was built around the moments that actually matter — the early signal, the planning window, and the response.
01 — PREPARE
Know your area before fire season starts.
Hazard Potential, climate-projected risk, and historical fire perimeters tell you what you're living with — and what to plan for.
02 — TRACK
Watch developing fires in real time.
Active perimeters, satellite hotspots, smoke advection, and Red Flag warnings — the live operational picture, no scrolling required.
03 — RESPOND
Find the closest help, fast.
One tap brings up the nearest fire station, hospital, or evacuation shelter — with capacity, status, and contact info.
Powered by official agency data
NIFC
NASA FIRMS
NWS
NOAA HMS
USFS
USGS
FEMA
U.S. Drought Monitor
Active Fire Red Flag Smoke Hazard
Why Tower 5
Built on the same data the agencies use.
No middleman, no scraping, no guessing. Every layer comes from the official source — refreshed continuously through our backend pipeline.
Real-time, not cached
Active fires update every few hours. Warnings update the moment NWS publishes. Smoke updates with each NOAA HMS pass.
One tap, every layer
Tap any fire, warning, or shelter and see its full record — perimeter size, status, sender, cause, capacity.
Privacy-respecting
Your location stays on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no ads — by design.
From early testers
Built with the people who use it daily.
4.9 average from 32 TestFlight reviews
"Lives in the wildland-urban interface, this is the first wildfire app that doesn't make me cross-reference three different government dashboards."
JM
Jenna M.Sonoma County, CA
"The ERC and FIRMS overlays in the same view are exactly what I want when I'm pre-positioning equipment. Saves me a trip back to the laptop."
DR
Daniel R.Volunteer firefighter, OR
"During the August windstorm I had Tower 5 open the whole time. Knowing exactly which power lines were near the fire perimeter changed how I sleep at night."
MA
Maya A.Boulder County, CO
"The Future Risk layer is wild. Showed my parents what fire probability around their cabin looks like in 2050 — they've started clearing brush. Worth the download for that alone."
CL
Chris L.Bend, OR
"I'm a backcountry trip leader. Smoke + wind direction + active perimeters all in one map is the closest thing I've seen to actually useful for route planning."
SK
Sam K.Backcountry guide, MT
"I work in emergency management. The hazard-shelter layer plus capacity numbers in the popup is something I'd previously had to pull from three CSVs. Huge time-saver."
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Alicia R.Emergency Mgmt, NM
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Start tracking what matters.
Tower 5 for iOS is free, ad-free, and built by someone who's lived through evacuation orders. Get early access through TestFlight.
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