š¤ Bot to propogate #sk #wildfire information
š„ Data Source: https://saskatchewan.ca/fire
ā° Checks for updates every hour or so
š» Maintained by @FeXd
š£ https://twitter.com/SaskWildfire
Sask Wildfire Bot is a Twitter bot dedicated to propogating Saskatchewan wildfire information.
It is written in Python 3 and uses the following packages:
.env
fileThe Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency does a great job updating wildfire status information here... But most of the information including Active Wildfire Map, Current Fire Bans, Daily Fire Danger Map, and Fire Danger Map Tomorrow is stored in a .pdf format.
This bot allows people to subscribe to notifications from @SaskWildfire for up to date wildfire information, rather than feeling the need to navigate to the Wildfire Status page and download .pdf files daily.
pip install -r requirements.txt
brew install poppler
on macOSpython main.py
Please feel free to provide feedback through any of the below methods:
This tool has been created independently and is not associated with the Government of Saskatchewan or the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency. Below are links to official websites for more information about wildfires in Saskatchewan:
Copyright (c) 2021 Arlin Schaffel
Licensed under the MIT License, available here: https://github.com/FeXd/SaskWildfire/blob/main/LICENSE.md