“Tracking Wildfires Using Open Sources” with Aram Shabanian
Stage Talks with Bellingcat · Bellingcat
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Show Notes
This week we were joined on stage by Aram Shabanian, the Open-Source Information Gathering Manager at the New Lines Institute and long time Bellingcat contributor. Aram shared a long list of interesting open source tools that citizens and journalists alike can use to help monitor wildfires.
Find the full list of tools shared by Aram here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SJHzw5cSenCvEq7iGEyhHhRKAHq1vOcVlJy4sYAcchM/edit?gid=0#gid=0
And additional tools referenced in the chat here:
Aram's livestream guide https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2023/11/09/using-livestreams-to-monitor-crises-in-gaza-and-beyond/
Look up your local area's wildfire pocket card with this link: https://www.wildfire.gov/wims/pocket-card-table
Bellingcat's OSINT Forest area tracker https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2023/08/18/a-new-tool-shows-what-war-has-done-to-ukraines-forests/
Canadian map resource shared by an audience member: https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map
OnXMaps: https://www.onxmaps.com/
Link to our Discord channel for tool idea pitches: https://discord.com/channels/709752884257882135/1173992891945861160
Wildcad.net: http://www.wildcad.net/WildCADWeb.asp
Oregon specific references:
Odffire https://odffire.com/
Inciweb https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/
Oregon Dept of Forestry Course: https://odftraining.thinkific.com/courses/media-access
The IMSR report shows national fire deployments in the US. In the off season it's updated every Friday. Peak fire season it's daily. : https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
The talk was hosted by Charlotte Maher on Thursday the 18th of July in the Bellingcat Discord server. Music courtesy of Artlist.