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Live WildFire Intelligence Across North America's Wildfire Corridor

Serving more than 130 million people — Western Canada and 18 western US states, from Alaska to Texas.

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 government 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 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 — wildfire awareness for Western North America, deepest in BC and Alberta

Built for North America's wildfire corridor: live wildfire map across Western Canada and the western US, WatchTower for any saved place, WFR Briefings, smart alerts, evacuation alerts, aircraft over fires, Fire Guard preparedness, and a companion web dashboard. Deepest coverage in BC and Alberta.
The application covers Western Canada and 18 western US states — live wildfires, evacuation alerts, and fire weather from Alaska to Texas — with its deepest coverage in BC and Alberta, where WildFire-Ready was born. Every layer is sourced from the agency that publishes it, and coverage keeps expanding as the community and support grow. 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.