About & sources
EUROFIRE is a discovery interface for current European forest-fire activity and historic context. Transparency on data limits is part of the product.
Strong disclaimer
EUROFIRE is not an official emergency alert system, not a live operational feed, and not a substitute for civil-protection orders, evacuation notices, or local emergency services.
EUROFIRE is an amateur-built intelligence briefing interface for discovery and education. It is not an official emergency alert channel. For life-safety decisions follow national civil protection authorities and local emergency services. Active-fire records are a curated operational snapshot (not a live satellite feed) calibrated to public EFFIS/JRC figures and widely reported incidents as of early August 2026.
EU emergency number: 112
Legal / limitations
Plain-language limits for this amateur educational build. Not legal advice.
No warranties
Information may be incomplete, delayed, wrong, or outdated. EUROFIRE makes no promise that data is accurate, complete, current, or fit for any particular purpose.
Not professional advice
Nothing here is civil-protection, medical, travel, insurance, or legal advice. It is for discovery and education only.
Third-party sources
Figures and links draw on EFFIS/JRC, national services, and public reporting. EUROFIRE is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by those organisations. Their data may change or conflict with what you see here.
Your responsibility
Before travel, outdoor activity, or any safety decision, check official civil-protection and emergency channels yourself. Do not rely on this app alone.
No liability for reliance
To the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, operators of EUROFIRE are not liable for decisions, losses, injury, or damage arising from use of or reliance on this interface.
Not for alerts or reporting
EUROFIRE does not send emergency alerts and is not a channel to report fires. In the EU call 112 (or your local emergency number) for life-threatening situations.
Estimates and derived fields
Growth state, smoke risk, travel caution, expected run direction, access impact, and ~48h trend are often estimated or derived. They are labeled as such and are not official forecast products.
Sharing and screenshots
If you share screenshots or links, do not present EUROFIRE as an official alert or government product. Point people to civil-protection sources for safety-critical information.
Privacy
This demo briefing interface is not designed to collect personal profiles or location history. Any future live deployment should publish a separate privacy notice if personal data is processed.
Not legal counsel
This section is plain-language product transparency, not legal advice. Local consumer and liability rules may differ by country.
EU emergency number: 112 · Always prefer official civil protection over this app for life-safety.
Official sources (use these for safety)
Deep links to national civil protection, weather warnings, and travel-related channels. Per-fire detail panels also list the relevant country set.
By country
Albania AL
Cyprus CY
Germany DE
United Kingdom GB
Croatia HR
Romania RO
Sweden SE
Türkiye TR
Primary data sources
EFFIS — European Forest Fire Information System
Copernicus EMS / European Commission JRC
- Active fire hotspots (MODIS/VIIRS)
- Rapid Damage Assessment burnt perimeters
- Fire Weather Index danger forecasts
- Seasonal burnt-area statistics
Update cadence: Hotspots several times daily; RDA refined as imagery allows. Primary pan-European operational reference. Maps fires roughly ≥30 ha; may include prescribed burns.
JRC current wildfire situation in Europe
Joint Research Centre
- YTD burnt area
- Fire counts
- CO₂ estimates
- FWI outlook
Update cadence: Periodic season bulletins. Used for 2026 headline EU totals in this app (as of 29 Jul 2026).
GWIS — Global Wildfire Information System
JRC / international partners
- Global active fires
- Danger forecasts
- Open data services
Update cadence: Near real-time. Global counterpart building on EFFIS methods.
National civil protection & fire services
Member states & partners
- Evacuations
- Containment status
- Cause investigations
Update cadence: Incident-driven. Containment %, home threat, and evacuation figures come from national reporting relayed via official and major news sources.
Methodology
What counts as a fire
EFFIS Rapid Damage Assessment typically maps burnt areas from roughly 30 hectares upward using MODIS, VIIRS and Sentinel imagery. National systems may include much smaller ignitions, so country totals can differ from EFFIS.
Status categories
Out of control = multiple uncontrolled fronts or aerial assets grounded by weather. Active = still burning with incomplete perimeter control. Contained = little/no perimeter growth expected. Under control = residual activity only. Extinguished = declared out.
Size classification
Spot <1 ha · Small 1–100 · Medium 100–500 · Large 500–2,000 · Very large 2,000–10,000 · Megafire >10,000 ha. Classes summarise burned area, not flame length or intensity.
Threat to homes & vacation spots
Derived from evacuation orders, proximity to settlements/resort infrastructure, and official threat messaging. ‘Threatens vacation spots’ flags tourism infrastructure or holidaymaker evacuations — not a booking advice product.
Growth state
Expanding / stable / diminishing / out. When authorities explicitly report stabilisation, containment, or free-running fronts, confidence is marked “From reports”. Otherwise growth is estimated from operational status and perimeter-control % — not a multi-day satellite growth series.
Spread drivers
Wind direction/label and ‘likely toward’ text summarise expected run when reporting or regional meteorology supports it. Confidence “From reports” = stated in sources; estimated = inferred from notes, typical wind regimes, and geography; unknown = no reliable directional data. Not a formal fire-behaviour model forecast.
Recent trend (~48h)
Worsening / improving / stable summarises change since the last update window. Area-change figures are estimated from reporting, not a certified multi-scene satellite delta. Use for traveler orientation only.
Travel caution & holiday mode
Travel caution (Avoid / Limit outdoor plans / Monitor / Low concern) is derived from status, growth, perimeter control, evacuations, and tourism/home exposure. Holiday mode filters tourism-linked fires (resorts, coasts, airports) and sorts by caution. Not an evacuation order.
Smoke risk (estimated)
High / elevated / low smoke risk is inferred from burned area, growth state, and nearby people. It is not an official air-quality index (AQI) reading.
Access impact & nearby places
Road, park, and aerial-access notes come from incident reporting where available. Nearby cities, resorts, and airports are approximate straight-line distances for orientation only. Official civil-protection links are provided per country.
Causes
Cause statistics use multi-year investigation patterns from national databases and scientific literature. Many individual fires remain ‘unknown’. Human causes split into negligence, arson (deliberate), agriculture, infrastructure, and other.
Historic series
EU aggregates track JRC/EFFIS published order of magnitude and known extreme years. Per-country annual series are calibrated estimates for trend exploration (2006–2025). Download official EFFIS European Fire Database extracts for citation-grade work.
Size classification reference
| Class | Burned area |
|---|---|
| Spot | < 1 ha |
| Small | 1 – 100 ha |
| Medium | 100 – 500 ha |
| Large | 500 – 2,000 ha |
| Very large | 2,000 – 10,000 ha |
| Megafire | > 10,000 ha |