A public-interest tool for wildfire-exposed communities.
A free, ad-free, bilingual wildfire app for BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba — built as public infrastructure, not a startup.
Mission
WildFire-Ready exists to give residents of BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba a clear, reliable view of wildfire risk drawn only from official Canadian government sources. The app is free, carries no advertising, and has no paywall. It is a companion to 911 and to provincial emergency services — not a replacement.
We bring fire perimeters, satellite hotspots, air quality readings, road closures, and evacuation alerts into one bilingual interface. Everything the app shows links back to the regulator or agency that publishes it, so people can confirm critical details before they act.
The scope is deliberately narrow. BC and Alberta first, in English and Canadian French, with official feeds only. If the project is funded to expand, adjacent provinces and Indigenous-language localization are the next steps.
Free forever
No paywall, no advertising, no in-app purchases. Independent public-interest infrastructure.
Bilingual
Full parity in English and Canadian French — switch anytime in Profile.
Official sources
Only data from BC Wildfire Service, Alberta Wildfire, ECCC, DriveBC, 511 Alberta, and NASA FIRMS.
Why this project exists
Public wildfire information in Canada is published by reliable agencies — BC Wildfire Service, Alberta Wildfire, Environment and Climate Change Canada, DriveBC, 511 Alberta, and NASA FIRMS for satellite hotspots — but it lives on separate websites with different interfaces and refresh cadences. Many of the consumer apps that try to bridge that gap carry advertising, require a subscription, or rely on unofficial crowdsourced data.
WildFire-Ready is a modest attempt to close that gap. It pulls directly from official feeds, it is free forever, and it shows its sources. That posture is load-bearing: it is the reason the app can be recommended by municipal fire departments and community groups without conflict of interest.
Founder
I am Jeff Parr, a software developer based in Western Canada. I built and maintain WildFire-Ready on my own. I am not a firefighter or an emergency manager. I came to this project as a developer who lives in a wildfire-exposed region and noticed that the free consumer tooling for tracking fires, air quality, and evacuation alerts was thinner than the underlying public data warranted.
My work on the app is limited to what a solo developer can responsibly do: aggregate official feeds, present them clearly, keep the interface accessible in English and Canadian French, and hedge every piece of safety-critical language back to the authoritative source. Anything the app cannot verify against an official feed, it does not show.
I can be reached at team@wildfire-ready.ca. Press, partnership, and grant enquiries welcome.
Funding and structure
WildFire-Ready is independently built. There are no investors, no ad networks, and no in-app purchases — and there will be none. The project is actively seeking grant and partnership funding aligned with its public-safety mission (see Partners). Non-profit incorporation is in progress; when complete, the site and store listings will be updated to reflect the registered entity.
The app launches in 2026. We are not claiming user numbers or impact figures before the app is in people's hands. Once there is real usage data, it will be reported here with its source and date.