WildFire-Ready

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP. WildFire-Ready is an independently developed app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any government agency or emergency service. We aggregate publicly available information from the official sources listed below, and each data point in the app is labeled with its source. For official direction, always rely on those sources, 911, and your local authorities. In an emergency, call 911.

WildFire-Ready is a free, ad-free wildfire preparedness and awareness companion covering Western Canada and 18 western US states, one place to see what emergency managers are tracking.

OFFICIAL DATA SOURCES

Wildfires (Canada):

- BC Wildfire Service - https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca

- Alberta Wildfire - https://wildfire.alberta.ca

- Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency - https://www.saskpublicsafety.ca

- Manitoba Wildfire Service - https://www.gov.mb.ca/wildfire

- Yukon Wildland Fire Management - https://yukon.ca/en/wildfires

- NWT Fire, Government of the Northwest Territories - https://www.gov.nt.ca/ecc/en/services/wildfire-update

- Canadian Wildland Fire Information System, Natural Resources Canada - https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca

Wildfires (US):

- National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) - https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com

- InciWeb - https://inciweb.wildfire.gov

- CAL FIRE - https://www.fire.ca.gov

- Alaska Fire Service (BLM) - https://fire.ak.blm.gov

Satellite hotspots and smoke:

- NASA FIRMS - https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov

- NOAA Hazard Mapping System - https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/land/hms.html

Evacuation and emergency alerts:

- EmergencyInfoBC - https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca

- Alberta Emergency Alert - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-emergency-alert.aspx

- Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency - https://www.saskpublicsafety.ca

- Government of the Northwest Territories - https://www.gov.nt.ca

- Alert Ready (Canada) - https://www.alertready.ca

- US National Weather Service (Red Flag / Fire Warnings) - https://www.weather.gov/fire

- California Office of Emergency Services - https://www.caloes.ca.gov

- Oregon Office of Emergency Management - https://www.oregon.gov/oem

- Arizona Dept. of Emergency and Military Affairs - https://dema.az.gov

- US county evacuation zones via Genasys Protect - https://protect.genasys.com

Air quality:

- Environment and Climate Change Canada AQHI - https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/index_e.html

- US EPA AirNow - https://www.airnow.gov

Weather and fire weather: Environment and Climate Change Canada (https://weather.gc.ca), CWFIS Fire Weather Index / NRCan, and the US National Weather Service, all cited above.

Road conditions:

- DriveBC - https://www.drivebc.ca

- 511 Alberta - https://511.alberta.ca

Community layers (labeled in-app, not government sources): aircraft via adsb.lol; lightning via Blitzortung.org.

FEATURES

- Live fire map: active fires, satellite hotspots, and perimeters, updated every few minutes.

- Air quality (AQHI / AQI) with nearest-to-you lookups.

- Evacuation and wildfire alerts from Canadian and US jurisdictions.

- Road closures, filterable to wildfire-related only.

- Home Ignition Zone self-assessment (FireSmart Canada) plus Fire Guard checklists.

- Saved locations: push notifications when a fire or unhealthy-air threshold is reached near an address you care about.

- Aircraft tracker for tankers and helicopters on active fires.

- Bilingual EN / FR throughout.

PRIVACY

No account required. No personal data sold. Location is used only on-device to centre the map and check proximity for saved-location alerts. Privacy Policy: https://wildfire-ready.ca/privacy.html

NOT A 911 REPLACEMENT. WildFire-Ready is a companion to emergency services, not a replacement. In an emergency, call 911 and follow the instructions of local authorities.

Made in Western Canada by a solo developer, free with no ads. Contact: [email protected]