Informational use only. Firewatch is not an emergency service and is not an official source of evacuation orders. In an emergency call 911. Always follow the instructions of local authorities and civil protection.
Bozeman
Bozeman · Gallatin County, Montana · United States
Live wildfire-risk monitoring for Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley.
Firewatch tracks fire-weather across Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley, ringed by the Bridger, Gallatin, and Hyalite drainages where summer lightning and cured grass drive fast-moving fires. The Fire Weather Index is computed live from current and recent weather. Use it alongside — never instead of — the Montana DNRC, the Custer Gallatin National Forest / InciWeb, and 911.
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Risks appear only when live signals cross a medically-validated threshold — wildfire from the Fire Weather Index, heat illness from feels-like temperature, breathing problems from air quality. Guidance authored by wilderness-medicine physicians. See the API →
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Area, fires & monitored sites
The region, the sites we monitor, and any fires detected by satellite in the last 48 hours. Satellite detections are not official incident reports — for evacuation and incident information, consult 112 and civil protection.
Fire Weather Index
Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System (Van Wagner 1987). Weather compounds into three fuel-moisture codes and two behavior indices, which combine into the headline FWI.
Sub-indices are produced by the live computation. The headline is showing the modeled placeholder because the live weather fetch was unavailable.
Source: Open-Meteo local-noon weather · method: Canadian Fire Weather Index System.
Fire-season precautions
- 1During high-to-extreme fire danger, avoid open flame, sparks, and hot work outdoors — especially on dry, windy afternoons.
- 2Keep vehicles and equipment off dry grass; catalytic converters, dragging trailer chains, and mower blades all throw sparks that start fires.
- 3Before heading into the hills, know two exit routes and a muster point, carry water, and sign up for your county’s emergency alerts.
- 4Follow Red Flag Warnings and any instructions from local and state fire authorities and 911 — they are the authoritative source.
- 5Sensitive groups: limit outdoor exertion when heat or wildfire smoke is elevated.
Everything on this page is one API call
Your weather signals in; a categorical risk score and physician-authored guidance out. Additive to what a weather platform already does — and grounded in medical authority it can't replicate.
POST https://api.goes.health/v1/risks/overview
Authorization: Bearer <your_key>
{ "latitude": 45.677, "longitude": -111.0429 }
→ 200
{
"responseId": "…",
"risks": [
{ "title": "Heat Illness", "source": "environment",
"status": "high", "score": 72,
"tips": ["Hydrate; limit exertion 11am–4pm."] },
{ "title": "Breathing Problems", "source": "environment",
"status": "moderate", "score": 41,
"tips": ["Sensitive groups limit outdoor exertion."] }
],
"activity_intelligence": "…physician-authored guidance…"
}The active-risk cards above are rendered from exactly this call — a location in, categorical risk and physician-authored guidance out. 8 days from API key to production.
Environmental data is everywhere. Outdoor health intelligence isn't.
GOES translates real-time environmental signals into medically validated risk intelligence, so your crews act before conditions become dangerous.
Firewatch is not an official emergency source and does not provide authoritative fire-incident, evacuation, or shelter information. For that, consult your national and regional wildfire and civil-protection authorities — for example CAL FIRE and county emergency services in California, the Montana DNRC and InciWeb in Montana, or AEMET, Protección Civil, and INFOCAM in Spain — and your local emergency number.
Data is provided "as is" and may be delayed, incomplete, or inaccurate. It must not be relied upon for life-safety, evacuation, or operational decisions. GOES disclaims liability to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Guidance shown here is general information, not medical advice, and is not a substitute for professional medical care or emergency services.
The Fire Weather Index is computed using the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System (Van Wagner, 1987) from Open-Meteo weather data. Current conditions and air quality are from Open-Meteo. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.