# BC Wildfire Service

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

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ca.bc.gov.WildfireInformation](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ca.bc.gov.WildfireInformation)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ca.bc.gov.WildfireInformation`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Province of British Columbia, Canada
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 363,497
- **Rating:** 3.44 / 5 (783 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.5.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-23
- **First published:** 2020-04-18
- **Publisher country:** CA
- **Size:** 32 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.bc.gov.WildfireInformation)
- **Website:** [http://www.bcwildfire.ca/](http://www.bcwildfire.ca/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/home/privacy](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/home/privacy)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #118,255 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `ca.bc.gov.WildfireInformation.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ca.bc.gov.WildfireInformation)