Firesource - Live Wildfires

Name: Firesource - Live Wildfires
Rating: 4.58894 (1394 reviews)

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User Reviews for Firesource - Live Wildfires

Getting better,but....

App is getting better but I think it’s weakest feature is clearly outlining the most important info about each fire in a more useful/fast way to digest. Example: When tap on a active fire nearby, you’re taken to the fire info page and then the data that is collected for that fire is just very crudely added in a hard to read type... I would pick this data apart and make basic info more readily available such as “containment”, “air quality”, etc. I mean, that is the main thing we are looking for when we tap on a fire to see. So having to weed through text to find the 1 important piece of info we need is kinda mundane. My 2 cents.

#INSULIN4ALL, Oct 12, 2020

Too hard to view fire perimeters

Things I want to know right off the bat: where are the fires, how big is the active/burned area, what direction is it moving, and what’s the air quality. While this app does have perimeter info, it’s too hard to find for each fire and should be displayed on the map by default. But I do really appreciate that the app also has air quality. I always feel like I’m fighting with the bottom menu to stay minimized, it keeps popping up and takes 1/3 of the screen. Even the minimized version of the menu uses a lot of real estate. I doubt I would ever use the feed.This app is promising because most of the information is there, it just needs to be displayed better!

app_tinted_glasses, Aug 29, 2021

No fire perimeters or full text

Limited usefulness for large wildfires as all fires are only marked with a single point rather than showing their perimeter. If the text describing a fire is long, it is cut off and there is no way to read the full entry. I recommend avoiding this app in its current state.

Blue Zork, Sep 24, 2020

Great tool for finding wildfires.

Not only is this application a good tool, but it’s also free. Most of those other applications charge by the month and they’re not as good.

Chofrins, Jul 05, 2021

Wildfires

Poor map detail about each fire & how started, containment %, estimated control or out. Each State map of fires. Etc.

Idaho Mts., Sep 12, 2022

Nice and simple

Good for getting snapshots to track fires while traveling. Would be nice to also see a list of % of containment.

junkdrop, Sep 03, 2020

Used to be a 5 star app

I live in an area that has had pretty bad fires. Information on where fires are is vital. And this app does still provide that. But also important is: size of fire, direction that it is traveling, and how close is it to containment? This app used to provide this information and more. Then they did an update and added Irwin reports. Now, I can see where a fire started and that’s it. It has been a couple of years and not only is it still not giving any important information, but the developers are now trying to sell another service. To the developers: thank you for the years when you were providing needed information. I will be deleting this app now.

Lmalton, May 26, 2023

Thanks to the Developers! This app is a must have for anyone living in a fire area!

Thank you to the developers! I have been waiting for a comprehensive well thought out app for years… I now have one. Watch Duty is the first app that is worth keeping on my phone and using as a critical resource in an emergency. It does not require a fire become large before it shows up on the app. The app is not limited to one Fire agency but reports fires from multiple agencies, jurisdictions and cities. Evacuation site information is not limited to people but includes small and large animals too. (Thank you!) App includes an interactive map, Fire maps and Fire information, pictures and evacuation information.Again Thanks to the Developers! This app is a must have for anyone living in a fire area.

MyHappyFarm, Sep 06, 2022

Mark Halvorsen

I love this app. When we smell smoke or see it in the air, this is the best place to see what is happening.

pultoy777, Aug 19, 2023

Great easy to use tool

App is very easy to use and linkage to external information is excellent

PW21, Apr 30, 2022

Description

Firesource’s features: ◦ Live fire feed - both on map and in scrollable menu ◦ Local and national fire incidents - news updates and reports ◦ Fire perimeters - access all realtime fire perimeters at once with information about fire growth and progress, including acreage, containment, personnel, fire cause, and fire behavior ◦ Report a fire - instantly inform other users of a nearby fire by pressing the + button, taking a picture of the fire, and submitting ◦ Air quality - see the effects of recent fires by viewing realtime air quality measurements across the country ◦ Satellite fire detections can indicate new fires and how current fires are spreading National Fires (InciWeb, Cal Fire, IRWIN): InciWeb is an interagency incident management system run by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. InciWeb collects wildfire incident data from several agencies across the United States and provides all of this data together in several feeds. Firesource presents wildfire incidents reported by InciWeb in real time, providing the fire’s location and detailed status.

Learn more about InciWeb at their website: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/. Learn more about Cal Fire, which also provides incident information, at their website: https://www.fire.ca.gov. Learn more about IRWIN, the data hub of fire reports, at https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/WFIT/applications/IRWIN/. National Fires (Perimeters): Perimeter data is provided by the Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) Group and hosted in the National Interagency Fire Center ArcGIS Online Organization (The NIFC Org). Firesource displays fire perimeters and descriptions of their progress in the ‘National Fires’ tab of the menu, with this information updated on a regular basis. Learn more about the NIFC at their website: https://www.nifc.gov User-Reported Fires: Allowing app users to report a fire and immediately inform other users is an essential aspect of Firesource. To report a fire, press the yellow + button in the top right corner of the map, select the type of fire (vehicle fire, forest fire, terrain fire, structure fire), take a photo of the fire, and press submit. To ensure the validity of fire reports, the user must take a photo of the fire and cannot access Camera Roll to select a picture. Please note that submitting a fire report automatically creates the report at the user’s location, to further ensure that the fire is local and valid. When viewing user-reported fires in the feed, other users can ‘rate’ the fire report by confirming that it is active, contained, or a spam reporting. Air Quality: Air quality measurements from across the United States are collected from AirNow.gov, which provides national air quality data using the Air Quality Index (AQI). This data is color-coded to provide information about health concerns due to PM2.5 pollutants. Satellite-Detected Fires: Thermal hotspot detections are displayed and collected from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), which is an instrument on the Terra and Aqua satellites. Information provided from MODIS about each detection includes brightness (brightness temperature in Kelvin of a fire pixel) and confidence (quality of fire pixel). These fire detections are extremely useful, as they can indicate new fires and fire spread. Learn more about MODIS at their website: https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Firesource is not affiliated with any government agencies. Firesource is only available for iPhone and iPad in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Privacy Policy: https://firesourceapp.weebly.com/privacy-policy.html Learn more and contact us at https://firesourceapp.weebly.com/