Firewatch
Aircraft, fires & sea stateacross western Scotland and the Firth of Clyde
Helicopter activity from the merged ADS-B feed, NASA FIRMS thermal-anomaly pixels, RNLI lifeboat fleet, AIS shipping in the Clyde and the Troon tide window — pulled together so spotters can see when something is happening, not just what's at EGPK.
Helicopters airborne over Scotland
VIIRS satellite thermal anomalies — Scotland
Lifeboat shouts UK-wide
tide window
Helicopter watchlist
Rotorcraft over Scotland · plus any SAR/fire-tagged aircraft anywhere on the feed.
| Callsign / reg | Type | Class | Alt (ft) | Speed (kt) | From EGPK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULR94Y | S92 | heavy | 7000 | 145 | 506 km NNW |
| BHL45D | S92 | heavy | 1600 | 134 | 586 km NNW |
| HKS36C | EC75 | light | 3600 | 136 | 531 km N |
| HLE75sar/fire | EC35 | light | — | 0 | 229 km WNW |
Detection: ICAO type-code prefix list + UK SAR/fire operator allowlist (HMCG · PDG · Helimed). Low+slow flag fires under 1,500 ft AGL and 100 kt — typical water-bombing window.
Active fire detections
VIIRS thermal anomalies via NASA FIRMS · ~3 h satellite latency
No active fire detections in Scotland on the latest VIIRS pass.
Quiet skies UK-wide. Updated 26s ago.
RNLI fleet · Western Scotland
Lifeboat positions from the live RNLI roster
- 55.42, -5.60
Campbeltown
severn · Ernest and Mary Shaw
- 55.55, -4.68
Troon
trent · RNLB Jim Moffat
- 55.24, -4.86
Girvan
mersey · Silvia Burrell
- 55.85, -6.11
Islay
severn · Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit II
- 56.41, -5.48
Oban
trent · Mora Edith MacDonald
- 56.62, -6.07
Tobermory
severn · Elizabeth Faireaigne
- 57.01, -5.83
Mallaig
severn · Henry Alston Hewat
- 58.44, -3.09
Wick
trent · Roy Barker II
Latest RNLI launches
Most recent shouts UK-wide · launches feed
- 1 h ago
B-868
- 2 h ago
D-756
- 3 h ago
B-945
- 7 h ago
14-04
- 10 h ago
16-07
- 12 h ago
B-904
Firth of Clyde · AIS
Vessels currently visible on AIS within the Clyde watchbox
Troon tide window · today
Coastguard S-92 winching ops at sea care about this. Photographers do too.
ADS-B · NASA FIRMS · RNLI · aisstream.io · tide-forecast.com — fused via Siphon