VIC Fires6.5 - App Store

This application is designed to provide up to date information about bush fire data in Victoria, Australia for iPhone, iPad and iPod users.

It utilises data from the Victorian Country Fire Authority/Victorian Department of Sustainability data feeds on fires, wind data from the Bureau of Meteorology with your current location provided by the iPhone GPS.

Using this information the application is able to provide a list of fires showing the nearest ones first, helping you to understand your current situation.

The information is reliant on both the accuracy of the iPhone GPS and the data recorded on the CFA's website.

This application does not cache any data, so Internet access (either Wireless. 3G or GPRS) is required to access the data.

We have enabled this application for the iPod Touch as well, but note that the GPS location and therefore distance from the fire may be unreliable.

Be aware that while P4G has utilised "best efforts" to provide this information to you, it is not intended to replace other sources of information on the fire situation near you. Also remember that fire and weather can change quickly.

All data is provided Copyright from the Victorian Country Fire Authority and the Victorian Department of Sustainability.

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Version History Fixed the locations of some incidents so we can see them on the maps... 6.5 May 12 This version shows the burnt areas on the map (you can turn off using the filter button bottom right) and adds the action to the warning title. And hopefully fixed a couple of annoying crashes. 6.4 Jan 29 This is a minor update to fix crashes in Google Maps on older versions of iOS and fix problems with the Rain Radar crashing. 6.3.2 Jan 14 Lots of little performance updates (from learnings from the current fires) . Also added the ability to search on a warning to see if your town is affected.

nb Both Apple and Google Maps should work better, and I have turned down how many hotspots you see for performance, but if th map goes slow turn the hotspots off. 6.3 Jan 11 This version includes:-
- a better look in iOS 26
- the ability to request notifications based on Warnings (its on by default)
- able to filter out planned burns
- lots of little things you wont probably noticed, but still takes a while to fix :) 6.2 12/23/2025 Fixes issue with BOM Radar 6.1 10/24/2025 We have moved weather warnings from incidents to warnings and displayed the area they cover on the map. 6.0.5 07/19/2024 This version includes a number of updates.
- incident notifications are now stored in the app and can be found under your watch zones. We keep 3 days of notifications.
- we have brought back Google Maps as an option. If you want to lock it in, go to the settings and select "Google Maps".
- we have added a couple more icons for some of the extra incidents Vic Emergency provide.

Any issues or questions, please reach out to support@p4g.biz. 6.0 06/25/2024 This version allows users to select a sound for individual watch zones to make it easier to hear notifications. We hope you find this useful, and have a safe fire season. 5.7.0 11/30/2023 This version adds a direct connection for CFA Members to access the relevant incident page in the CFA Web site. Only CFA members and volunteers with a userid and password for the CFA Web site can access the information. 5.6.0.0 09/11/2023 This version adds links to more information for CFA specific incidents plus a link to the radio streaming service to make it ore streamlined for CFA volunteers. 5.5.0.0 08/30/2023 Added AvPlan for our fire fighting pilots! 5.4.12 02/16/2023 This version brings back the Fire ratings Forecast and the ability to change the metrics for wind speed. 5.4.11 01/25/2023 Added OzRunways (as used by Victoria's fire bombers) as an option for mapping for fires outside the app. 5.4.8 01/13/2023 This version fixes an issue that was hiding the satellite hot spots 5.4.7 12/30/2021 This version fixes the fire district ratings 5.4.6 12/20/2021 Hopefully fixed the last of the issues discovered through iOS 15.1 5.4.5 11/04/2021 Fixes another issue caused by ios15.1 5.4.4 11/02/2021 This version fixes a crash on start up with iOS 15.1 5.4.3 10/27/2021 The fire ratings and fire restrictions now work, and we can change the map to/from satellite again :). 5.4.2 11/23/2020 This version fixes a crash on start up. Please install it! 5.4.1 11/12/2020 A number of small things including support for iOS14 and the ability to create widgets for fires in your watch zones. 5.4.0 10/11/2020 This version changes the data feed to try and get better coverage of incidents across Victoria. The user can now change whether the app uses dark or light mode, or follow the system settings. Hope you enjoy. 5.3.7 07/10/2020 Moved the Evacuate Now warnings to be at the top of the list alongside the Emergency warnings 5.3.5 01/10/2020 fixes to a couple of little bugs which were annoying. 5.3.4 01/09/2020