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Detect
When a supported direct provincial or territorial source reports relevant official wildfire activity around your watched location, FireRadar begins tracking the incident.
Included with FireRadar Plus
Wildfire Watch + SMS alerts
Let FireRadar keep watch when you aren't.
Choose the place that matters to you using an address, town, city, or postal code. Wildfire Watch monitors direct-official wildfire activity around that location, continuously reassesses FireRadar Concern Level as official conditions change, and FireRadar Plus can text you when concern meaningfully increases.
Configure the location before Plus checkout. SMS is a Plus benefit. Email and optional browser/mobile notifications remain available. The live FireRadar map stays free.
Example Watch
Kelowna, BC
Official fires tracked
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Concern Level
Monitoring
Example escalation
Concern Level increased
FireRadar observed meaningful changes in an official wildfire near the watched location.
Plus delivery
SMS alert sent
A verified Canadian mobile number can receive qualifying Wildfire Watch texts.
Illustrative example only. Not current Kelowna conditions.
Configure before you pay
Where should FireRadar watch?
Enter an address, town, city, or postal code, then choose the minimum FireRadar Concern Level that should notify you. FireRadar preserves both choices through sign-in and Plus activation.
✓ One focused Wildfire Watch
✓ Watch a home, cabin, town, or other Canadian location
✓ Your choice of alert sensitivity
✓ SMS alerts to one verified Canadian mobile number
✓ Email and optional browser/mobile notifications
No purchase is required to check whether a location is supported.
See it in action
From official wildfire detection to SMS alert.
This simulated scenario shows FireRadar detect a new official wildfire, reassess Concern Level as published information changes, and deliver the high-concern alert to the user.
Simulation only. Wildfire Watch does not predict fire spread and does not replace official emergency alerts, evacuation orders or instructions.
Detect → Assess → Alert
One Watch. Three jobs.
Wildfire Watch is designed to reduce repeated checking, not create notification noise.
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Assess
FireRadar reassesses Concern Level using supported observations such as official status, reported size or perimeter, distance to your watched location, reported growth, mapped proximity change and observed change rate.
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Alert
When Concern Level meaningfully increases, FireRadar Plus can send an SMS alert to your verified Canadian mobile number. Email and optional browser/mobile notification channels can remain enabled too.
What makes it different
Wildfire Watch is automatic location monitoring.
Free monitoring
You choose an item and a basic condition.
A Free My FireRadar account includes one basic monitored item with email alerts. This is useful when you already know the place or wildfire you want FireRadar to monitor.
Wildfire Watch with Plus
FireRadar discovers relevant fires and can text you.
Wildfire Watch automatically identifies relevant supported official wildfire activity around one chosen location, keeps reassessing it as official conditions change, and can deliver qualifying concern alerts by SMS.
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, SMS alerts, five customizable monitored items, 25 Saved items, optional browser/mobile notifications, retained alert history and additional FireRadar tools.
Choose my location · $25/year after activationQuestions 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 does Wildfire Watch notify me?
FireRadar Plus can send Wildfire Watch alerts by SMS to one verified Canadian mobile number. Email remains available, and optional browser or supported mobile notifications can also be enabled separately.
What kind of location can Wildfire Watch monitor?
FireRadar Plus includes one focused Wildfire Watch. You can choose a Canadian address, town or city, or full postal code. 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.