Wildfire Aware®3.1 - App Store

Wildfire Aware(R) provides an interactive map-centric experience free to the public. It serves as a central hub for authoritative information, consolidating multiple data streams into a single interface for easier monitoring.
*Satellite Detection Layers: Real-time visualization of thermal hotspots from NASA VIIRS, MODIS, and NOAA HMS Fire Detections.
*Detailed Incident Information: View updated perimeters from FIRIS (California only) and other state/federal agencies as they become available.
*Environmental Overlays: Review National Weather Service (NWS) watches and warnings directly on the map alongside active fire data.

As a Premium feature of Wildfire Aware(R), we provide near-real-time notifications of wildfires in areas you care about. When a fire is dispatched by a NIFC participating agency anywhere in the United States, you are notified as quickly as possible. We provide wildfire alerts quickly and supplement them with the most current Fire Weather information, including Temperature, Wind Speed and Direction, and Relative Humidity at the time of the fire.
As fires burn for days or months, Wildfire Aware not only provides you with notifications about perimeter updates but also provides authoritative supplemental agency data as well. Letting you know where the fire is. We source information from NIFC, IRWIN, InciWeb, CAL FIRE, US Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Department on Interior (DOI), and Texas A&M Forest Service, to name a few.

Anyone who has lived through a fire knows that Fire Weather is just as important as fire information. Wildfire Aware provides you with National Weather Service (NWS) Alerts related to Wildfires as soon as they are issued. From Fire Weather Watches and Red Flag Warnings before a fire, to Flash Flood Warnings and Watches after a fire, we keep you wildfire aware at all stages of a wildfire.

Wildfire alerting for Canada is now available for Canada! We provided as much of the equivalency information as possible for Canadian Wildfires as well. The reported active fire locations are updated daily as provided by fire management agencies (provinces, territories and Parks Canada). The wildfires data is managed through a national Data Integration Project (DIP) coordinated by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) and Natural Resources Canada with participation from all partner agencies. Environment and Climate Change Canada issues public weather alerts about weather-related hazards in order to notify those in affected areas so that they can take steps to protect themselves and their property from harm. Alerts are classified depending on the severity and timing of the subject event and include warnings, watches, advisories and statements.
We do not provide detailed information from radio traffic like Watch Duty, but instead, we provide information from authoritative sources as soon as it is published. We also provide links, whenever possible, to the appropriate social media platforms for additional authoritative data. We strive to give the most reliable information to the public as quickly as possible.

Our founder not only survived a deadly and destructive fire in 2020 but also spent 13 years with CAL FIRE as a dispatcher and GIS specialist. Wildfire Aware(R) provides authoritative and vetted information, which is essential during any wildfire. When misinformation runs rampant during and after a wildfire, we strive to give you the most authoritative information available.

Important
Wildfire Aware(R) is an information aggregation platform. All data-including fire locations, perimeters, and weather conditions-is sourced from third-party public agencies. This information is provided "as is" for situational awareness only. Wildfire Aware(R) does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of notifications and should not be relied upon as a primary life-safety tool. Users should always follow the instructions of local emergency management and law enforcement.

Version History Fixes the notification issue. 3.1 May 16 MAJOR UPDATE: Predictive Fire Weather & Enhanced Maps

Nearby Weather Stations: Get real-time data from the closest professional weather stations to any active fire.

6-Hour Forecasts: Stay ahead of the flame with integrated temperature, wind, and humidity projections for the next 6 hours.

Personalized Safety: Save a "Home" location for instant local weather & alert context.

Maximized Map View: We’ve redesigned the interface to give the map—and your situational awareness—more room to breathe. 3.0 Mar 23 WE ARE LIVE IN CANADA. After almost a year of sourcing data, we are finally ready to expand to the Canadian wildfire space. While the data may not be as fast as we would like, we can confidently say we provide the most authoritative and timely data available. We will also continue to improve it.
We are also releasing our Daily Situation Report embedded in the app itself. Last year, we provided that information through our social media; this year, it is at your fingertips within the app. 2.1 06/18/2024 V2.0
WE ARE LIVE IN CANADA. After almost a year of sourcing data, we are finally ready to expand to the Canadian wildfire space. While the data may not be as fast as we would like, we can confidently say we provide the most authoritative and timely data available. We will also continue to improve it.
v1.4
CAL FIRE specific alerting is now available for California users. CAL FIRE ongoing incident information will be pushed separately from Inciweb alerts and FIRIS perimeter updates will be pushed directly as soon as they are made available to the public (typically on a 30-minute delay).

v1.3 overall:
We have redesigned the interface to help in the future expansion of Wildfire Aware internationally in the coming months; we hear you, Canada, and our thoughts and prayers are with you this summer. We appreciate everyone who has grown with us over the last several months and are excited to share some exciting new features:
> FIRIS (California Only) perimeters are available on the map, with the ability to view when they were captured.
> Ongoing Fire Notifications have been updated to include additional attribute information even if Inciweb information is not available.
> New Fire Notifications have been adjusted slightly to improve readability.
> All wildfire alerts load from your notification tray when you open the app, without having to tap on them (who is excited about that?!?)
> Wildfire alerts are sorted in the History tab by newest to oldest. 2.0 06/15/2024 v1.4
CAL FIRE specific alerting is now available for California users. CAL FIRE ongoing incident information will be pushed separately from Inciweb alerts and FIRIS perimeter updates will be pushed directly as soon as they are made available to the public (typically on a 30-minute delay).

v1.3 overall:
We have redesigned the interface to help in the future expansion of Wildfire Aware internationally in the coming months; we hear you, Canada, and our thoughts and prayers are with you this summer. We appreciate everyone who has grown with us over the last several months and are excited to share some exciting new features:
> FIRIS (California Only) perimeters are available on the map, with the ability to view when they were captured.
> Ongoing Fire Notifications have been updated to include additional attribute information even if Inciweb information is not available.
> New Fire Notifications have been adjusted slightly to improve readability.
> All wildfire alerts load from your notification tray when you open the app, without having to tap on them (who is excited about that?!?)
> Wildfire alerts are sorted in the History tab by newest to oldest. 1.4 10/11/2023 **We believe we have fixed the map crashing issue; please update to the latest version. Thank you for being so patient.**

We have redesigned the interface to help in the future expansion of Wildfire Aware internationally in the coming months; we hear you, Canada, and our thoughts and prayers are with you this summer. We appreciate everyone who has grown with us over the last several months and are excited to share some exciting new features:
> FIRIS (California Only) perimeters are available on the map, with the ability to view when they were captured.
> Ongoing Fire Notifications have been updated to include additional attribute information even if Inciweb information is not available.
> New Fire Notifications have been adjusted slightly to improve readability.
> All wildfire alerts load from your notification tray when you open the app, without having to tap on them (who is excited about that?!?)
> Wildfire alerts are sorted in the History tab by newest to oldest. 1.3.3 08/30/2023 **Fixed paywall issue with it continuously re-presenting itself to subscribers and resolved the issue with the 11th Notification Area overwritting. Thank you for being so patient.**
We have redesigned the interface to help in the future expansion of Wildfire Aware internationally in the coming months; we hear you, Canada, and our thoughts and prayers are with you this summer. We appreciate everyone who has grown with us over the last several months and are excited to share some exciting new features:
> FIRIS (California Only) perimeters are available on the map, with the ability to view when they were captured.
> Ongoing Fire Notifications have been updated to include additional attribute information even if Inciweb information is not available.
> New Fire Notifications have been adjusted slightly to improve readability.
> All wildfire alerts load from your notification tray when you open the app, without having to tap on them (who is excited about that?!?)
> Wildfire alerts are sorted in the History tab by newest to oldest.
**Until we figure out how to prevent a notification from being dropped when uploading into the app, you will receive two notifications for every alert. We are still working on a better solution, but since fire season is here, we don't want those important notifications being dropped. ** 1.3.2 08/21/2023 **Fixed paywall issue with it continuously re-presenting itself to subscribers. Thank you for being so patient.**

We have redesigned the interface to help in the future expansion of Wildfire Aware internationally in the coming months; we hear you, Canada and our thoughts and prayers are with you this summer. We appreciate everyone who has grown with us over the last several months and are excited to share some exciting new features:

> FIRIS (California Only) perimeters are available on the map, with the ability to view when they were captured.

> Ongoing Fire Notifications have been updated to include additional attribute information even if Inciweb information is not available.

> New Fire Notifications have been adjusted slightly to improve readability.

> All wildfire alerts load from your notification tray when you open the app, without having to tap on them (who is excited about that?!?)

> Wildfire alerts are sorted in the History tab by newest to oldest.
**Until we figure out how to prevent a notification from being dropped when uploading into the app, you will receive two notifications for every alert. We are still working on a better solution, but since fire season is here we don't want those important notifications being dropped. ** 1.3.1 08/17/2023 We have redesigned the interface to help in the future expansion of Wildfire Aware internationally in the coming months, we hear you Canada and our thoughts and prayers are with you this summer. We appreciate everyone who has grown with us over the last several months and are excited to share some exciting new features:
> FIRIS (California Only) perimeters are available in the map, with the ability to view when they were captured.
> Ongoing Fire Notifications have been updated to include additional attribute information even if Inciweb information is not available.
> New Fire Notifications have been adjusted slightly to improve readability.
> All wildfire alerts load from your notification tray when you open the app, without having to tap on them (who is excited about that?!?)
> Wildfire alerts are sorted in the History tab by newest to oldest.

**Until we figure out how to prevent a notification from being dropped when uploading into the app, you will receive two notifications for every alert. We are still working on a better solution, but since fire season is here we don't want those important notifications being dropped. ** 1.3 08/14/2023 Multiday fire notifications are fixed! 1.2.5 07/03/2023 We continue to improve notification handling in each release. Instead of having to open each notification from the tray, open one and the rest are automatically added. We also continue to refine the user experience. If you allow the application to know your location, we automatically zoom to your known location when you open the app. Just a reminder we do not record your location or any personally identifiable information. 1.2.2 03/02/2023 Allows the user to open one notification and the rest of the notifications will automatically be loaded to their history.
Fixes the load sequence issues that would cause notifications loading to fail on Apple devices.
Fixes the NWS updates not showing the right location on the map. 1.2 01/24/2023 Fixes issue with notifications not loading.
Labels notifications areas.
Removes the home button and replaces it with my current location button. 1.1 12/12/2022 1.0 11/17/2022