DocumentOngoingMedia statement

Public Invited To Track Active Wildfires With The Csir Advanced Fire

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Ref: https://www.csir.co.za/media-hub/media-room/public-invited-to-track-active-wildfires-with-the-csir-advanced-fire

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Source domain: csir.co.za

Collected on 21 September 2026

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What this means

This is a CSIR media statement announcing public access to the CSIR Advanced Fire Information System. It says that members of the media and the public can view active wildfire locations through the AFIS Map Viewer without logging in, with updates typically provided every 30 minutes.

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public wildfire monitoring serviceOngoing

CSIR Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS)

Members of the media and the public can monitor active wildfire activity using the publicly accessible AFIS active fire location layer. The service provides near-real-time satellite fire detection and can be viewed without logging in.

Who it is for: members of the media and the public
How to act on it: Use the AFIS Map Viewer to view the active fire location layer without logging in.

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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) invites members of the media and the public to monitor active wildfire activity across the Western Cape and the rest of South Africa using the CSIR Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS).

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Western Cape

Reference

https://www.csir.co.za/media-hub/media-room/public-invited-to-track-active-wildfires-with-the-csir-advanced-fire

Key Takeaways

CSIR Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS)
Public access to the active fire location layer without login
Near-real-time fire detection updates, typically every 30 minutes
Wildfire monitoring across the Western Cape and South Africa
National historical fire record spanning more than two decades
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
CSIR Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS)