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Review fire effects. Plan the recovery work.

Combine pre-event observations, fire products and field assessments. Order event data, investigate changes or build an app for inspection and rehabilitation planning.

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Schematic forested ridges with an illustrative fire-effects footprint and post-event inspection sites. All locations and overlays are illustrative.123SCHEMATIC / NO REAL LOCATIONN ↑
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Explore the data-to-app example

Explore a workflow for this industry. The app preview uses illustrative data; contact us to discuss your own sites, requirements and access.

For your team
  • Land managers
  • Forestry consultants
  • Recovery program teams

The work you need to do

Give recovery teams a clearer inspection brief.

01

Acquire an event data package

Find suitable observations before and after the event, with actual capture times and quality information. Request new collection when an available service fits the follow-up window.

What you take away

A source package for post-event assessment

02

Review observed fire effects

Compare suitable imagery and burn products alongside management units and assets. Keep active-fire detections distinct from mapped burned areas and confirmed field findings.

What you take away

A dated impact review and inspection shortlist

03

Follow rehabilitation sites

Compare later observations with the baseline and intervention records. Identify changes and missing evidence that help the team plan repeat inspections and progress reporting.

What you take away

Recovery comparisons linked to field assessments

01 / Acquire the data

Order for your location.
Specify what matters.

Define an acquisition request for any event location. Match available products to the event period, required detail and the post-fire assessment your team needs.

Event area & review units
Provide the area of interest, management boundaries and relevant assets. Specify whether the work concerns broad fire effects, individual sites or restoration units.
Before, after & recovery periods
Define baseline dates, the event window and subsequent review seasons. Separate observation time from processing and delivery dates when comparing available products.
Measurements & viewing conditions
Request appropriate spectral bands and product quality information. Check cloud, smoke, illumination, useful spatial detail and the conditions needed by the chosen comparison.
Delivery & assessment use
Specify files and metadata for your assessment tools or project. Review license permissions, total costs, delivery timing and any new collection acceptance terms.
  • Optical and multispectral
  • Published fire and burn products
  • Terrain and elevation
  • Asset and field-assessment records

Just need the data? Acquiring it is a complete outcome. Use delivered files in your own tools where the license permits, or continue with analysis and apps in Milkypad.

02 / Run your own analysis

Prepare a post-fire inspection package

Ask the assistant for a dated comparison, then use field assessments to prioritize recovery work.

  1. 01

    Set the assessment scope

    Add the event area, management units and assets. Define the reporting question and what the inspection team needs to review on the ground.

  2. 02

    Assemble suitable observations

    Review pre-event and post-event coverage. Keep active-fire detections, burn-area products and original observations separately identified, with their acquisition times.

  3. 03

    Inspect the comparison

    Explore measured spectral differences with terrain, vegetation and quality context. Join assets for exposure review while retaining separate fields for confirmed damage.

  4. 04

    Plan the next review

    Export an inspection package or create a recovery app. Add field findings and request comparable later observations to review rehabilitation sites.

How AI-assisted analysis works

03 / Build and customize your app

Post-Fire Assessment Workspace

A proposed app organizing event observations, inspection findings and recovery reviews by management unit.

Explore a prepared example

A dated fire-effects review for recovery planning

Illustrative workflow
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Schematic forested ridges with an illustrative fire-effects footprint and post-event inspection sites. All locations and overlays are illustrative.123SCHEMATIC / NO REAL LOCATIONN ↑
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01 / Data inputs

Assemble the event observations

Bring pre-event imagery, later observations and suitable published products together. Actual capture times remain distinct from the event period.

  • Baseline viewConditions before the event
  • Follow-up coverageUsable post-event observations
  • Review unitsSites and management boundaries
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Schematic forested ridges with an illustrative fire-effects footprint and post-event inspection sites. All locations and overlays are illustrative.123SCHEMATIC / NO REAL LOCATIONN ↑
Illustrative fire-effects footprintPrepared example

02 / Review a layer

Examine an illustrative fire-effects layer

The warm footprint represents a prepared burn-review example. It is separate from active-fire detections, a real perimeter or confirmed damage.

  • Event comparisonInspect the spectral differences
  • Viewing conditionsCheck smoke, cloud and coverage
  • Field evidenceReview the interpretation locally
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Schematic forested ridges with an illustrative fire-effects footprint and post-event inspection sites. All locations and overlays are illustrative.123SCHEMATIC / NO REAL LOCATIONN ↑
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03 / Use an app

Plan assessment and recovery visits

A review app can link observed effects to inspection findings and later recovery observations. This is an assessment example, not emergency guidance.

  • Ridge sectorReview the before-and-after context
  • Review areaPrepare a field assessment
  • Recovery plotAdd a later monitoring observation

Prepared scenes and records show how a workflow could look. These are illustrative locations and layers, with no live data or analysis.

Illustrative app brief
Build a post-fire review app with before-and-after maps, separate fire-product layers and an inspection list. Link field assessments and later observations to each management unit.

Describe the tool and the changes you need in ordinary language. The AI assistant helps build it; colleagues use the resulting maps, tables, and controls without writing code.

Explore App Builder

Controls for your team

  • Select event and management unit
  • Compare assessment periods
  • Toggle observation and product layers
  • Record inspection findings
See how a saved app is used

Event comparison

Dated source observations and interpreted fire effects with quality limitations.

Inspection briefing

Review locations, nearby assets and the evidence needed for field assessment.

Recovery history

Later observations, rehabilitation activities and field findings retained by site.

Use the result with context

Use the workflow for assessment and recovery

A hotspot is not the full fire perimeter or proof of structural damage. Spectral burn measures require appropriate local validation, and later greening does not establish ecosystem recovery. Tactical fire-front navigation and evacuation decisions require operational emergency services, beyond this retrospective review workflow.

Questions for your workflow

Plan the work
around your needs.

Can I order the observations for another analysis tool?

Yes. Data acquisition can stand alone. Specify the event area, periods, bands and format, then confirm permitted exports and delivery terms before ordering.

Can the app distinguish potential exposure from confirmed damage?

That distinction belongs in the app brief. Show observation-based candidates separately from inspection findings, with dates and the source of each assessment.

Can we adapt it for different recovery programs?

Describe the sites, inspection fields and reporting views each program needs. Ask the assistant to revise the app without writing its code yourself.

Milkypad for wildfire

What does your post-fire assessment need?

Share the event area, comparison dates and required data, or describe the inspection package and recovery app your team wants to use.

Discuss your requirements