The incident management team has been working hard to provide us with a wealth of information about the Coffeepot Fire in a timely manner. There are some additional authoritative resources for people who want information pertinent to their particular circumstances, or for those who want to watch the fire more closely from the comfort of their home. We received requests for a list of some of the most lauded authoritative resources. So, here they are! Let us know if we missed your favorite. 

In-Person Conversation

If you are interested in having a face-to-face discussion with a knowledgeable person, the incident management team plans to have a public information officer (PIO) at the Village Market between 10am and 4pm every day. Circumstances may prevent the PIO from being there the entire time, however, so if no one is there when you show up, please be understanding and try again later. 

Daily Updates from the Incident Management Team

• Email: If you haven’t already, email 2024.coffeepot.ca@firenet.gov and ask to be added to the list of people who receive informational updates every day. The updates include the latest map showing the current area of the fire, as well as a smoke outlook. 
• Inciweb: Visit https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/caknp-coffee-pot-fire to see the lasted information that the incident management team has posted.
• YouTube: The incident management team has been posting daily operational updates on the park’s YouTube channel. They have also posted an informative video on the fire’s behavior. Visit the channel each day to see what is going on!
• 3R together: Another way to check on the latest announcements is to head over to the 3rtogether.org home page, where the “headlines” will always be in chronological order as we do our best to harness the community information you want to read.

Smoke Information

• Daily Outlook: The incident management team is now providing a daily smoke outlook in the email update and online via the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map. It is a great way to see what the experts predict the air quality will be within the next day. It is important to note that the historic and projected air quality for Three Rivers is derived from a temporary monitor near the highway. Depending on your location, you may have much more smoke or much less smoke. For information about the smoke conditions closer to your vicinity check the resources below. 
• PurpleAir: Several local heroes have installed air quality monitors at their residences and at the school. The map shows the 10 minute air quality average. By clicking on the map icons, you can view the current air quality as well as a chart showing its history. Unfortunately, we no longer have a monitor up the South Fork. If any of you are willing to install monitors in the areas where we currently have no coverage, it would be a great boon to the community!
• AirNow: The AirNow Fire and Smoke Map provides air quality information from the temporary air quality monitors and three of the privately-owned monitors. It doesn’t show the current air quality. Instead it provides the 24-hour average. If you click on the icons, you will see the running average.  The map is somewhat useful in that it does display the temporary monitors, including the one at the Mineral King ranger station (when it is functioning).
• Live Satellite Imagery: There are several sites that provide live satellite imagery that you can use to see the smoke plume and the direction it is moving. Some are static, and some provide loops. Zoom Earth appears to be a favorite because of its fire overlays and interactive features, but DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINKS. NOAA provides a live satellite loop; however it does not provide a zoomed-in view. Penn State Meteorology provides a loop that supports zooming. There are many others. Let us know what free live satellite imagery site you use!

Evacuation Information

Evacuation communications originate from the county. The most recent evacuation warnings were issued by Tulare County Fire. Any evacuation orders will be issued by the Tulare County Sheriff. Unfortunately, Tulare County Fire apparently opted to notify the public via Facebook, the county website, and InciWeb only when it issued the recent evacuation warning. We are working with the county to make sure we are notified immediately as well.

• AlertTC: Although you may have heard that residents in the current evacuation warning area did not receive an AlertTC notification, AlertTC remains the best way to receive emergency notifications. Click here to make sure you are signed up. 
• Genasys Protect: The county is now using Genasys Protect to provide information about zones with evacuation warnings or orders. If you have a smart phone, you can install an app that will alert you when the status of your evacuation zone changes. It keeps track of your current location and can also monitor any addresses that you provide. If you don’t have a smart phone, you can visit the website at any time to see the status of your evacuation zone. 
• Watch Duty: Watch Duty also depicts evacuation zones on its map, and it provides a link to Genasys Protect. 
• Tulare County Emergencies: The county maintains a webpage with information about ongoing emergency situations such as our fire. It currently contains a subset of the information available on InciWeb.
• Three Rivers Fire Safe Council: It is impossible to overstate the value of the resources available on the Fire Safe Council website. If you are concerned about evacuation preparedness, go to the site for helpful lists. 

Webcams

• AlertCalifornia: UC San Diego provides an amazing website with views from a multitude of cameras in California. 
  • The Blue Ridge 1 camera currently provides the best view of the fire from the southwest. 
  • Jordan Peak 1 has been providing a more distant view from the southeast. 
  • Buck Rock 1 typically tries to show the fire from the north.
  • If you want to easily see what cameras are currently pointing at our fire, go to the Watch Duty site and look for the blue circles with triangles next to them. The triangles are the cameras. Click on the ones pointing to the fire, and you’ll see the current view!
• Giant Forest Webcam: The park maintains a webcam below Giant Forest. It doesn’t depict the fire, but it displays the current smoke situation in a portion of the park.
• Lake Kaweah Webcam: The Sequoia Parks Conservancy maintains a web cam at Lake Kaweah that provides a distance view of the smoke emanating from the fire. 
• Silver City Webcam: There is a camera at Silver City on the Mineral King Road that provides an indicator of how much smoke is moving up the East Fork canyon.  

Other Useful Sites

• Watch Duty: The Watch Duty team provides an interactive map of the fire, links to the operational update videos, the text of the daily updates, and some authoritative information that is available nowhere else. The team does a great job keeping the site up to date, and it is an excellent resource. 
• Cal Fire: Cal Fire also provides a map with options to view a smoke and haze forecast and red flag warnings. This site is usually the first to update the fire’s acreage. 
• CalTopo: CalTopo provides a free interactive map that displays the fire perimeter, heat signatures, structures, and other useful information. Important: The heat signatures are not live, and they do not accurately depict the perimeter of the fire. They do, however, provide a rough indication of where the fire is heading and its intensity.  
• Flight Trackers: If you are curious what air resources are working on the fire, visit any of the multiple flight trackers. One free tracker is flightradar. You can click on the plane and helicopter images and see what they are and where they have been flying. You do not need to create an account. If your session times out, simply refresh your browser window.