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Introducing A.N.F. Firebot, our Telegram Bot

Mark Mutti

22 Apr 2022 — 2 min read

FireBot was developed by to meet our own Landmark 717 needs and has taken on a life of its own since, being used by civilians and forest staff alike. The Angeles N.F. installation of FireBot allows you to follow fire-related incidents happening in Angeles National Forest in realtime:

Start Now

It's as simple as joining our Telegram channel by clicking, tapping, or scanning this tiny QR code:

Note: You'll most likely want to go into the group's options and manage notifications. It can be quite chatty on busy forest days

Open Source

This project is open source, so you can view the code that powers it, make suggestions, or use it as a springboard to create your own thing! NF-Firebot on GitHub →

How it Works

Disclaimer

As many first responders are now using ANF-FireBot:

THIS FREE SOFTWARE AND THE FULLY-OPERATIONAL INSTALLATION ("ANF FIREBOT") ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. THE DEVELOPER(S), VOLUNTEER(S), AND OTHERS CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FALSE REPORTS, MISSED EVENTS/REPORTS, SERVICE OUTAGES, OR OTHER ISSUES. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW YOUR ORGANIZATION'S PROTOCOLS, TREATING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY FIREBOT AS ANECDOTAL.

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