Service First: Flag Alerts

Service First Flagpole

About this app

DISCLAIMER ⚠️

We are a privately developed app and are not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency. All flag status updates are based on publicly available information from official U.S. government websites.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION 🌐

Presidential Proclamations published on the White House website: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) half-staff notices: https://www.va.gov/opa/


About Service First: Flag Alerts

Stay informed about U.S. flag etiquette, half-staff notices, and flag safety. Whether you’re a homeowner, school, business, or organization, this app makes it easy to know when and how to display the flag properly.

✅ Features
🇺🇸 Half-staff alerts (nationwide + state-specific)
🌦️ Weather-based flag notifications (wind, gusts, severe weather)
📅 Calendar view of upcoming observances
📍 Personalized by ZIP code

Ratings and reviews

Great if you are always home, app does do what it says "Notify during event". Unfortunately for anyone working outside the home, this does not help. Great stepping stone to a 5 star app if it could provide forecasted wind for the day and next or week. For now not much use for this app in my situation.

UI overlaps with status bar making it impossible to go back a page.

You can't get into the app without first creating an account. Why would I need an account just to get an alert for when I should lower my flag? More importantly, why should I need an account before I could even see what's in the app and if I want it at all? If you want to monetize on my info, maybe at least give me an opportunity to see if I like what I get in return. But no, you wouldn't. You instead created this unnecessary cost for your prospective user, and I would rather not pay that cost.