Reviews of BC Wildfire Service

By: Province of British Columbia, Canada

List of user reviews and ratings for BC Wildfire Service

Total ratings

3.50 (Rating count: 738)

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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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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.10

All time rating average: 3.50

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438% (57)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-06-21	Nu*****	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.
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.
2026-06-21	Ke*****	Terrible and glitchy.
Terrible and glitchy.
2026-06-16	Mi*****	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.
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.