1
Detect
When a supported direct provincial or territorial source reports relevant official wildfire activity around your community, FireRadar begins tracking the incident.
Included with FireRadar Plus
One focused community-level Watch
Let FireRadar keep watch when you aren't.
Choose the Canadian community that matters to you. Wildfire Watch monitors direct-official wildfire activity around it, continuously reassesses FireRadar Concern Level as official conditions change, and notifies you when concern meaningfully increases.
The live FireRadar map stays free. Wildfire Watch supplements, and does not replace, official emergency alerts or instructions.
Example Watch
Kelowna, BC
Official fires tracked
2
Concern Level
Monitoring
Example escalation
Concern Level increased
FireRadar observed meaningful changes in an official wildfire near the watched community.
Illustrative example only — not current Kelowna conditions.
Detect → Assess → Alert
One Watch. Three jobs.
Wildfire Watch is designed to reduce repeated checking, not create notification noise.
2
Assess
FireRadar reassesses Concern Level using supported observations such as official status, reported size or perimeter, community distance, reported growth, mapped proximity change and observed change rate.
3
Alert
When Concern Level meaningfully increases, FireRadar can notify you through supported email and optional browser/mobile notification channels instead of alerting on every routine source change.
What makes it different
Wildfire Watch is automatic community monitoring.
Free monitoring
You choose an item and a basic condition.
A Free My FireRadar account includes one basic monitored item. This is useful when you already know the place or wildfire you want FireRadar to monitor.
Wildfire Watch
FireRadar discovers relevant fires around your community.
Wildfire Watch automatically identifies relevant supported official wildfire activity around one chosen community and keeps reassessing it as official conditions change.
Transparent limits
Situational awareness, not a forecast.
FireRadar Concern Levels are informational assessments based on supported official observations. Wildfire Watch cannot know about conditions that have not yet been published by the responsible source.
No spread prediction. Reported growth and mapped proximity describe changes between official updates; they are not forecasts of where fire will move.
Official publication timing matters. FireRadar cannot alert on an official change before the responsible source publishes data FireRadar can observe.
Emergency authorities remain authoritative. Always follow official evacuation orders, alerts, road closures and emergency instructions.
FireRadar Plus
Set it once. Let FireRadar keep watch.
FireRadar Plus includes one Wildfire Watch, five customizable monitored items, 25 Saved items, browser/mobile notifications, retained alert history and additional FireRadar tools.
Get FireRadar Plus · $25/yearQuestions and answers
Wildfire Watch FAQ
Is Wildfire Watch an official emergency alert?
No. Wildfire Watch is a FireRadar informational monitoring feature. For evacuation orders, emergency instructions and public-safety decisions, always follow the responsible official authority.
Does Wildfire Watch predict where a wildfire will spread?
No. FireRadar does not predict fire spread. Concern Level is based on supported observations from official updates, including status, reported size or perimeter, distance and meaningful change between official updates.
How many communities can Wildfire Watch monitor?
FireRadar Plus includes one focused Wildfire Watch for one chosen Canadian community. Plus also includes five customizable monitored Saved items for supported wildfire, smoke and air-quality conditions.
Does the live wildfire map require Plus?
No. FireRadar's live wildfire map and core public wildfire information stay free. Plus adds monitoring, notification and personalization features.