Adam Kos A large-scale fire in the Czech Switzerland National Park broke out on Sunday, July 24 and affected an area of more than a thousand hectares, while almost 500 firefighters are fighting it along with numerous equipment, including the aerial one. The outbreaks are already under control, no further evacuations are planned, even if it is still not won. If you want to follow the situation live, you can also do so on your iPhones.
Where ground troops cannot reach, aviation equipment must help. Seven helicopters are taking turns or have already taken turns during the firefighting work, with two machines also sent to help by Poland or Slovakia, and two Canadair firefighting aircraft from Italy are fighting against this element here. Each one has a storage capacity of 6 liters of water. If you want to track their activities, you can try the Flightradar 24 application, which maps almost all air traffic. It is available for free.
Flightradar24 in the App Store
The Windy.com application relies on clear, informative, colorful maps, charts, tables and rankings. It will provide you with detailed information about the ideal conditions for travel, outdoor sports, fishing or boating, and offers clear maps of precipitation, storms, temperatures and snow conditions, and of course also fires. To view their map, click on the three lines icon and open the menu here Multiple layers. Among them is the mapping one fire intensity.
If you want to follow the situation directly from the scene, even if you are somewhere else, the firefighters are streaming the response to the fire in real time for the public as well. The transfer cars are used to remotely inform the intervention commander's staff, so that there is a perfect overview of the situation. All you have to do is click on the YouTube channel of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic.
