Safety disclaimer

Last updated 15 August 2026

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What IGNYX is

IGNYX gathers information that already exists — satellite detections, weather, terrain, fuel data, and whatever your own crews put into it — and puts it on one screen so a fire officer can see the situation faster. It also performs calculations, such as fire danger indices and spread projections.

What IGNYX is not

• It is not a detection guarantee. It will miss fires.
• It is not a prediction of what will happen. Spread projections are models.
• It does not command an incident. People do.
• It is not a life-safety system and carries no availability guarantee.

Specific limits you should understand

Satellite detection misses fires

Polar-orbiting satellites pass over a given point only a handful of times a day. Between passes, a fire can start and grow with nothing observing it. Geostationary satellites watch continuously but at much coarser resolution.

Thick cloud blocks thermal detection entirely. No satellite in this system sees through heavy cloud. A quiet map during cloudy weather means the satellites cannot see, not that there is no fire.

Small or cool fires may not register at all. A detection pixel is hundreds of metres across; a fire smaller than a certain heat output does not trigger it.

Detections are timestamped observations, not live positions

Every hotspot shows the moment a satellite observed it. By the time you read it, the fire has moved. IGNYX displays the age of each detection for exactly this reason. Treat an old detection as a place a fire was, not a place it is.

Spread projections are models, and models are wrong

Spread projections use the best available inputs — wind, slope, aspect, fuel estimates — but real fire behaviour is affected by things no model captures: local wind eddies, fuel moisture variation, spotting, suppression already underway.

A projection tells you which way a fire is likely to run under the stated conditions. It does not tell you where the fire will be. Re-run it whenever conditions change, and never plan a crew's escape route on a projection alone.

Fire danger indices are regional tools

IGNYX calculates several fire danger indices. Each was developed for particular fuels and climates and each behaves differently outside them. Use the one your service is trained on and understand what it measures.

Position and mapping

GPS accuracy varies with terrain, tree cover and device. Mapping and terrain data come from third parties and may be out of date. Roads shown may not exist, be impassable, or be gated.

Connectivity

IGNYX works offline by design, but offline means it shows you the last data it received. Anything that has changed since is not on your screen.

Your responsibilities

• Anyone using IGNYX operationally must be trained in incident command for their role.
• Verify before committing resources. A satellite detection is a reason to look, not a confirmed fire.
• Follow your own service's procedures and command structure. IGNYX does not override them.
• Maintain the ability to operate without IGNYX. Software fails, batteries die, phones break.

If the information looks wrong

Trust the people on the ground over the screen. Then tell us at info@ignyx.ai — a report from a real incident is the most valuable thing we receive.