Fire season is back, nearly two months “early” (whatever that means).
Of all the resources I’ve found helpful, Twitter is by leaps and bounds the best owing to its real-time nature. (I strongly prefer Tweetdeck as a desktop client for its multi-column support, especially when following fast-moving events such as these.)
The key is finding the right hashtag(s) to follow for the fire(s) in question: even the official agencies will latch onto these eventually but during the early hours of any event the organization will be chaotic.
Key accounts:
Other resources:
Both aggregate critical information from various sources & are highly recommended
MappingSupport.com (GIS maps with NIROPS data overlaid)
Primary source, up-to-date logistical & tactical info, extremely useful
Please see this post for further information
National Fire Situational Awareness map (centered on Walbridge area)
SCSD Evacuation Maps (PDFs):
Berkeley Fire Research Lab Wildfire Resources (some overlap)
FlightRadar24 (for tracking air resources)
“Go Bag” contents reference from SFPD NERT
I will do my best to keep this post up-to-date throughout the fire season.