Bukavu FireSafe GIS

Fire-risk reference map for Bukavu, South Kivu, DRC

Seen a fire in Bukavu? A reviewer checks reports before they appear.

Area

Dates

Applies to fire incidents and satellite heat detections.

Fire incidents · Bukavu

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Layers

Boundaries

  • Commune boundary

Bagira, Ibanda and Kadutu, from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries.

Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-26)

  • City boundary

Official city boundary from OpenStreetMap.

Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-26)

Fire risk

  • Very high
  • High
  • Moderate
  • Low
  • Very low
Risk level

Relative fire risk of ~100 m cells, combining building density, population, distance to a street a fire truck can use and distance to water. It ranks places within Bukavu against each other; it is not a probability of fire.

Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-26); Google Open Buildings v3 (CC BY 4.0 / ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-26); WorldPop population 2025 (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-05)

Buildings

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  • OpenStreetMap footprintObserved
  • Google Open Buildings footprint (machine-detected)Estimated
Footprint source

OpenStreetMap footprints, plus Google Open Buildings footprints where OpenStreetMap has none.

Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-26); Google Open Buildings v3 (CC BY 4.0 / ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-26)

Access

  • Major road
  • Secondary road
  • Local street
  • Track
  • Footpath / steps
Road class

OpenStreetMap roads, tracks and footpaths.

Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-26)

Fire response

  • Water pointObserved
  • Storage tank, contents not recordedMissing

Drinking-water points, taps, wells, hydrants and storage tanks mapped in OpenStreetMap.

Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-26)

No features mapped yet.

  • Fire stationObserved

Fire stations mapped in OpenStreetMap. None are mapped in Bukavu yet.

Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-26)

Fire incidents

No features mapped yet.

  • Heat detection (high / nominal confidence)Derived
  • Heat detection (low confidence)Derived
  • Area covered by the 375 m sensor pixel
Confidence

Thermal anomalies detected by the VIIRS instrument (375 m pixels). A detection can be a building fire, but also burning waste, vegetation or a hot surface; it is not a confirmed incident.

Source: NASA FIRMS active fire detections (NASA open data, retrieved 2026-10-26)

  • Confirmed incident
  • Reported, not yet verified
  • Approximate area (exact spot not reported)Estimated
  • Location within Bukavu not reportedMissing
Verification
Type

Fires in Bukavu reported in the media or by residents. Several reports about the same fire form one incident. Residents' reports appear only after a reviewer has checked them; unverified incidents are shown in orange until a reviewer confirms them.

Source: Residents' reports (CC BY 4.0); Media reports (Headlines and links only; articles © their publishers, retrieved 2026-10-26)

Statistics · Bukavu

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Download · Bukavu

  • CommunesGeoJSON
  • Fire-risk gridGeoJSON
  • Building footprintsGeoJSON
  • Building materialGeoJSON
  • Roads and pathsGeoJSON
  • Water pointsGeoJSON
  • Bukavu city boundaryGeoJSON
  • Fire incidentsGeoJSON

Downloads keep each source's licence and attribution.

Not yet available

Satellite imagery and post-fire recovery are being prepared. Fire-service drive times and distance to water join the risk score once a fire station and enough water points are mapped in OpenStreetMap.

Platform status · Reviewers