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Live WildFire Intelligence and Preparedness for Western Canada

Active fires, perimeters, satellite hotspots, air quality, road closures, evacuation alerts, fire-district overlays, smart push alerts, and a Fire Guard preparedness hub — sourced only from official Canadian agencies. Free forever, with province-by-province expansion planned as the community grows.

A companion to 911 and official emergency services — not a replacement.

WildFire-Ready is now live on iOS, Android, and the web — download free, no ads, made in Canada
Help us grow WildFire-Ready

Two simple ways to keep WildFire-Ready free for everyone.

WildFire-Ready is independent, free of advertising, and built only from official Canadian sources. Two small actions go a long way toward keeping it that way and reaching more communities before the next bad season.

Get WildFire-Ready

Three ways to use WildFire-Ready today.

Live on the web, the Apple App Store, and Google Play — free, ad-free, no account required.

WildFire-Ready desktop dashboard preview
LIVE · Any browser

Open the web application in any browser.

No download is required. The web dashboard runs in any modern browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, iPad, and Android tablets — useful for monitoring conditions across the region from a larger screen.

One click. Loads in seconds. Always the latest version.

Open the web application →
WildFire-Ready iOS application — your wildfire safety companion
LIVE · iPhone & iPad

Download WildFire-Ready from the App Store.

Live on the Apple App Store. Tap the button to install — free, no account required, available across Canada.

Free download from the App Store.

Get it on the App Store →
WildFire-Ready Android application on Google Play
LIVE · Android

Download WildFire-Ready from Google Play.

Live on Google Play. Tap the button to install — free, no account required, available across Canada.

Free download from Google Play.

Get it on Google Play →

Free forever. No ads. No in-app purchases. Built only from official Canadian government feeds.

Official data sources BC Wildfire Service · Alberta Wildfire · NASA FIRMS · Environment and Climate Change Canada · DriveBC · 511 Alberta
Community

Join the WildFire-Ready Discord.

We're building this in public, with the people who use it. FireSmart folks, mappers, developers, daily users — anyone fire-curious is welcome. Come help shape what ships next.

  • Feedback — what's broken, what's missing, what worked
  • Community think tank for feature requests and what to build next
  • Direct line to the developer — no tickets, no bots, no marketing

Free server. The app stays accountless — a Discord account is only needed for the chat itself.

What's in the app — built for BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, coast-to-coast next

What's in the WildFire-Ready app: live wildfire map, WatchTower for any saved place, WildFire-Ready briefings in Public and Tactical modes, smart push alerts, evacuation alerts, aircraft over fires with no-drone reminders, Fire Guard preparedness, and a companion web dashboard. Built for BC and Alberta with coast-to-coast expansion planned.
The application covers Western Canada. Every layer is sourced from the agency that publishes it. Expansion beyond Western Canada is planned as the community and support grow, with the goal of coast-to-coast coverage within the next year or two. Features include: a live wildfire map with active fires, perimeters, satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS, AQHI air-quality markers, road closures, fire-district overlays, and per-fire wind arrows; WatchTower for pinning any place and receiving a tower-level briefing with weather, Fire Weather Index codes, terrain, fires in radius, road closures, air quality, and active fire bans; WildFire-Ready briefings in Public mode for homeowners and Tactical mode using NRCan FBP fuel-type lookup with CWFIS Fire Weather Index codes and ECCC weather for CFFDRS-bracketed rate-of-spread reasoning; smart push alerts opt-in by category; live evacuation orders and alerts from EmergencyInfoBC, Alberta Emergency, and Alert Ready; aircraft over fires within roughly fifty kilometres of an active fire, with no-drone reminders; Fire Guard preparedness with FireSmart-aligned checklists, a seasonal knowledge library, and an evacuation-kit builder; and a companion web dashboard at wildfire-ready.ca with precipitation radar, GOES smoke, lightning, Sentinel-2 burn scars, and PurpleAir.
Jeff Parr, founder of WildFire-Ready

“Residents in wildfire-exposed communities shouldn't have to bookmark seven government dashboards just to know whether a fire near them is growing. They should be able to open one app, see what's burning, and see what to do.”

Jeff Parr · Founder, WildFire-Ready · Read more

Companion to 911. Government feeds can be delayed or incomplete. Always confirm critical details with the authoritative source before acting, and in an emergency call 911.