Terms of Use

By accessing or using FireRadar.ca, you agree to these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

You must use FireRadar only in compliance with applicable laws and in a manner that does not interfere with the service or other users.

FireRadar.ca is an independent Canadian-built project. It is not a government agency, emergency service, wildfire authority, insurer, engineering service, or professional safety adviser.

References to agencies, datasets, products, or trademarks do not imply endorsement, sponsorship, partnership, or affiliation.

FireRadar is provided for general awareness, education, and map context. It must not be your only source for evacuation, emergency, health, travel, property, insurance, firefighting, or other safety-critical decisions.

Call emergency services when appropriate and follow official alerts, evacuation orders, local emergency programs, wildfire agencies, road authorities, and public safety officials.

FireRadar may display direct provincial or territorial records, national fallback data, satellite thermal detections, third-party map tiles, geocoding results, and derived distance or summary information.

Data can be delayed, incomplete, duplicated, misplaced, generalized, corrected, unavailable, or inconsistent across sources. Fire locations may be approximate. Satellite hotspots are thermal detections and are not necessarily confirmed wildfires. A missing marker does not mean an area is safe.

Wildfire conditions can change faster than public data or the FireRadar refresh process.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, FireRadar and all content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties or conditions of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or collateral.

We do not warrant accuracy, completeness, timeliness, availability, uninterrupted operation, security, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or that errors will be corrected.

You are responsible for evaluating the information, confirming important details with official sources, maintaining appropriate emergency plans, and deciding whether FireRadar is suitable for your intended non-critical use.

Do not assume that an address preview, distance calculation, nearby-fire count, status, size, cause, date, perimeter, or map symbol is exact or current.

You may use the public service for ordinary personal, community, journalistic, educational, and internal business awareness, subject to these terms and any source-provider restrictions.

You may not misuse the service; bypass technical limits; probe or attack infrastructure; introduce malware; impersonate FireRadar or another person; submit unlawful, deceptive, or harmful material; scrape or automate access at a level that burdens the service; resell access or data without written permission; or use FireRadar to create or distribute false emergency information.

The FireRadar name, branding, interface, original text, design, software, and original presentation are owned by or licensed to FireRadar and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

Underlying wildfire data, basemaps, logos, and other third-party materials remain subject to the rights, licences, attribution requirements, and terms of their respective owners. FireRadar does not claim ownership of public agency data merely because it is displayed on the map.

Shared links may include an address label, fire name, map coordinates, or other context in the URL or preview. Review a link before publishing it if location privacy matters.

When you send feedback, corrections, or suggestions, you confirm that you have the right to provide them. You grant FireRadar a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, reproduce, adapt, and incorporate that material for operating and improving the service, without an obligation to compensate you. This does not transfer ownership of your personal information.

FireRadar depends on and may link to third-party services. We do not control their availability, content, security, accuracy, or privacy practices and are not responsible for their acts or omissions.

We may modify, limit, suspend, or discontinue any part of FireRadar, including data sources and features, at any time. We may restrict access where reasonably necessary for security, abuse prevention, legal compliance, maintenance, or protection of the service.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, FireRadar and its operators, contributors, contractors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, use, opportunity, property, or goodwill arising from or related to FireRadar.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, total liability for all claims relating to the free public service will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid FireRadar for the applicable service in the twelve months before the claim and CAD $100.

Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless FireRadar and its operators from claims, losses, and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful misuse of the service, violation of these terms, or infringement of another person’s rights.

These terms are governed by the laws of Canada and the applicable laws of the province or territory in which the operator of FireRadar is based, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Courts with jurisdiction in that location will have non-exclusive jurisdiction, except where consumer law requires otherwise.

If part of these terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These terms and the Privacy Policy form the agreement concerning use of the public service unless separate written terms apply.

We may update these terms by publishing a revised version and “Last updated” date. Continued use after publication means the revised terms apply to subsequent use.

Questions about these terms may be sent to hello@fireradar.ca.