BC Wildfire Service

Name: BC Wildfire Service
Rating: 3.5 (738 reviews)
Author: Province of British Columbia, Canada

By: Province of British Columbia, Canada

Monitor and report wildfires, get fire alerts, and get fire-related news

Features & Capabilities

The BC Wildfire Service Chrome extension provides real-time updates and essential wildfire information across British Columbia. Stay informed with an interactive wildfire map showing fire perimeters, burn prohibitions, smoke forecasts, weather conditions, and evacuation details. The app also offers a wildfire dashboard featuring incident statistics, daily reports during peak fire season, and saves your preferred locations for timely notifications.

Users can customize alerts for evacuation orders, new wildfires, burn prohibitions, and weather changes. An in-app feature allows for reporting fires quickly, even offline, ensuring community safety and prompt response. This extension is a must-have tool for residents and visitors to BC to stay prepared and informed during wildfire season.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Province of British Columbia, Canada

Downloads:

341,823 732

Rating:

3.50

(738) 1 new ratings

Version:

2.5.2 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Version code:

1094

Creation date:

2020-04-18

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.CAMERA Very high risk
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO Very high risk
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES High risk
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk

Size:

32.16MB

Email:

BC*****@gov.bc.ca

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 118,611 ▼ 109

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Developed by:

Province of British Columbia, Canada

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.bc.gov.WildfireInformation

Email:

BC*****@gov.bc.ca

Website:

http://www.bcwildfire.ca/

User Reviews

The BC Wildfire Service app provides informative fire data, which helps tracking fires during the season. However, the user experience is dominated by a buggy, unresponsive map, frequent crashes, and slow performance, undermining reliability. Saving or following fires is sometimes broken, and data updates may be inconsistent. Content is valuable, but stability and usability need significant improvements.

Pros

Informative fire data including locations, severity (rank), and actions on the ground.
Clear and concise information when the map loads.
Useful for monitoring wildfire activity during the season.

Cons

Map is buggy and often unusable: unresponsive, can't pan/zoom, and glitches.
App crashes frequently and feels unstable across devices.
Overall slow performance and lag when navigating or loading data.
Saved/followed fires are not reliably accessible or retrievable.
Some reports indicate data not consistently up-to-date or reliable.

Recent reviews

Maps are useless. Can't zoom in on an area or move around the screen. I'd expect a 2024 quality app in 2024, not a 2006 app. UPDATE 2026.04.02 Same nonsense. If you cannot build a functioning app, just forget about it. pure garbage. UPDATE 2026.06.21- the app is up to date, but still doesn't work!! Says "unable to retrieve current location" and crashes. Same thing when I try looking at the website on my android. Just give up.

Nu*****, 2026-06-21

Terrible and glitchy.

Ke*****, 2026-06-21

if there's a fire, it shows up on the map, along with fire perimeters, evacuation zones, and information about what they're using to fight the fires with. that's all that it needs to do. it's not flashy or anything, but it doesn't have to be.