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
0.1 m
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HLE79low+slow | EC45 | light | 725 | 93 | 239 km NE |
| GTLMI | R66 | light | 1075 | 101 | 211 km ESE |
| HM58 | AS65 | light | 725 | 102 | 230 km ESE |
| HLE72low+slow | EC35 | light | -125 | 1 | 268 km SSE |
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 3 min 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
- 31 min ago
B-887
- 37 min ago
D-889
- 45 min ago
B-922
- 46 min ago
D-832
- 1 h ago
BB-719
- 2 h ago
B-848
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.
High water
01:36
3.37 m
Low water
07:29
3.03 m
Low water
19:40
0.13 m
ADS-B · NASA FIRMS · RNLI · aisstream.io · tide-forecast.com — fused via Siphon