Wildfires is an advanced aerial firefighting DLC for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 that transforms the simulator into a complete wildfire response environment.
Create, monitor and suppress dynamic wildfires using helicopters, scoopers, airtankers and native MSFS firefighting aircraft. Deploy firefighter ground units, establish refill reservoirs, coordinate aerial and ground resources, and manage multiple incidents simultaneously from an integrated tactical command panel.
Version 1.1 introduces a completely redesigned wildfire simulation engine inspired by real-world wildfire behavior principles. Fire propagation now reacts dynamically to wind, fire intensity and environmental conditions, creating evolving incidents that require realistic suppression strategies.
The DLC features persistent terrain-aligned burn scars, water and retardant ground traces, retardant barriers, dynamic smoke systems, and advanced aerial suppression modes including Standard Drops, Sling Bucket operations and Airborne Module rear-dispersal drops.
A fully redesigned tactical interface provides real-time wildfire monitoring through dedicated MAP, TANK, ZONES and GROUP tabs. Users can create incidents directly on the map, deploy firefighter units, place helicopter refill reservoirs, monitor active fire zones and manage payload operations.
Wildfires also integrates real-world wildfire hotspot data through satellite-based Live Feed synchronization, allowing pilots to discover and respond to active wildfire locations around the world.
Features:
• Advanced dynamic wildfire simulation
• Wind-driven fire propagation
• Multi-fire and multi-unit support
• Fire intensity SCALE system (0–100)
• Persistent burn scars
• Persistent water and retardant traces
• Retardant barriers
• Firefighter UNIT deployment system
• Deployable POOL refill reservoirs
• Standard, Sling Bucket and Airborne Module drop systems
• Water and retardant operations
• Dynamic refill and payload management
• Real-time tactical map
• Live wildfire satellite synchronization
• Helicopter, scooper and airtanker support
• Native MSFS firefighting aircraft compatibility
• VR compatible
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 SDK compliant
This product features our simInstaller technology and is available after purchase via our APP only.
Requirements
Minimum requirements :
Copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
64-bit operating system and processor required
Operating system: Windows 10
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i7-6800K
RAM: 16 GB of RAM
Graphics: Radeon RX 5700 or GeForce GTX 970
Nothing bad to say about this product nor the developer himself!
The new 1.1 version's features made me buy it as they were what I was wishing for: Burn scars & Retardant marks, The Dev heard my suggestions about these!
About the Performances, Surprisingly, I had a Huge fire yet my sim remained smoother that in some large airports, even when flying inside the smoke! (My PC: R7 5700X, RTX5070, 32GB RAM)
The future is bright for this addon, Only needs AI Planes and Multiplayer now ;)
The Dev is not playing, He provides!!! and for this, Easy 5 Stars, thank you for the hard work!
I very like that fire grows so its like a real scenario not only one fire point on map. Also smoke is good realistic becouse its makes worse visibility. What i would like to see is some ground troops becouse if the fire spreads too much its not possible to put it off just with one plane
Excellent add-on!
As a Civil Security enthusiast and Aerofire user for multiplayer missions, I was truly impressed by Wildfire’s realism — the fire propagation, ground vehicles, and overall atmosphere are incredibly immersive.
The latest update brings real stability and fixes many of the early issues. You can clearly feel the project moving in the right direction, and the potential is huge.
The only regret for now is the lack of multiplayer compatibility, which would take coordinated operations between pilots to the next level.
Congratulations on this remarkable and promising work. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Second Life
Negative Points
- Installation detected as Trojan by Microsoft Defender (must setup exception)
- Fire effects are 2D only
- Fire effects misplaced to 30m on air (In some places like KJAC USA or CYXY CANADA)
- Water drop system no compatibility with CL415 (You must use adon water system only). No support native CL415 SALVO, MAN1, MAN2, etc....
- Scooping no compatibility with Asobo CL415 (You need to flight few meters over water to relaod)
- Not able to detect native water CL415
- Fire Propagation speed is to high
- FPS drop after 10x and more smoke (Nvidia 4080)
Positive Points:
- FPS are fine under 10 and less smoke (Nvidia 4080)
- Smoke effect is better than (Aerofire Add-on) or (Asobo native)
- Propagation work fine and fire zone grow up!
- Fire effect stop immediatly after drop water
- Smoke effect color change immediatly after drop water
- Able to choose quickly fire zone on the map by one clic
- Able to stop all fire instant (clear zone buton)
- Retardant effect is optionel.
RTX 4060ti, AMD Ryzen 5 5600, 32GB RAM...
Bought it...first fire...frame rate drop from 60 (manually limited)...to about 20 with frame generation turned on.
Unfortunately, it's unplayable for me...