Firesource - Live Wildfires

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.

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!

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.