2.9
79 reviews
10K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

The Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center (FWAC) Wildfire Map app is a great tool for checking for wildfires--big or small--across the country. In addition to large wildfire incidents, our map also incorporates smoke checks, prescribed burns, and smaller wildfires that you usually don't hear about because they're only a couple acres in size.

The same great wildfire map on our website is available for Android with another feature that uses your location to find wildfires that are closest to you!
Updated on
Sep 29, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Personal info and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

2.9
74 reviews
Michael Croxford
July 24, 2021
The information is great, when I can get it, but it's often incredibly frustrating to navigate. It can take minutes for the map to even start loading and then another minute or more to actually appear. Adjusting menu items may or may not provide a response. I repeatedly restart the app to try to get something. Uninstalled/reinstalled, no help. UPDATE... While I had a lot of trouble with this in the beginning, it all of a sudden has been working flawlessly and I upped to 5 star.
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Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center
July 23, 2021
Oh no! We sincerely apologize for the troubles you've had with the app. We'd be happy to take a look into this for you, please contact us at info@fireweatheravalanche.org with a screenshot if you can. Thank you.
Tammy Dunn
August 16, 2021
I think this map has great potential and I do really like the design of it. However, the lack of accurate updates on some of the reported wildfires is disappointing. It's clear some fires are being actively updated, then you click on others that are marked as active and quickly spreading only to see that it was last updated a month ago or longer, which, obviously and disappointingly, makes the map quite inaccurate.
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Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center
July 23, 2021
Tammy, thanks for leaving a review of our app. The fire data within the app and our online map is updated hourly by our servers. However, we pull information for numerous government agencies and, unfortunately, they don't always update information on their end. Contact us at info@fireweatheravalanche.org if you still have questions.
John J Savala
June 21, 2021
A wealth of information unmatched by any other app or group of apps that I've found so far. I'm not sure where the bad ratings came from, as I have only seen fast load times and full weather and wildfire information in the blink of an eye. Perhaps it is the user's phone model, operating system, the cache is full or it's just that we live in a society where people expect everything immediately and are irritated when they have to wait a few seconds. Either way amazing app Dev
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Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center
July 23, 2021
We're always working hard to improve the app. Thanks for your download and feedback!

What's new

• Bug fixes
• A new design for the app
• Updated API for Android devices