Fires Near Me

★★★★★ What do colours mean? Whats the yellow tree mean? Safe area? Unsafe area? We hav a catastrophic warning with a local fire front 18km away. Hav used this app 2 stay aware of situation. All day our fire symbol was 1of few red symbols. Thrs 100's of fires & most hav blue. 12am ours changed 2 yellow but no othr info changed. Thrs no key 2 explain the colours. Does it mean downgraded? Upgraded? Or nothing at all? Dont kno whethr 2 feel relievd or more worried! Evn so, having seen the lack of info in 1994s fires this app deserves a 5.

★★★★★ Useful within its limits Excellent for NSW and Tas. Have found it good. Only two requests 1) Does not cover other states. There is another app that does SA but for I cannot find one for Vic that supports my tablet so would appreciate the NSW guys pulling their data through as well if possible. Planning the drive down the Hume in summer often, and would like to be able to check status of all fires on the route. Same for the drive Canberra-Adelaide. 2) Will not switch to landscape on the tablet. Since I have the tablet on a stand this makes it awkward to use the app as I have to physically alter the tablet's position.

★★☆☆☆ Does not present National data. I live in Queensland & from the description above expected some form of information related to my state. This was not the case, although it did show my GPS location it only shows Fire events occurring in NSW, therefore this app is of little use to me unless I travel through NSW.

★★☆☆☆ Slow on Nexus 7 The concept of this app is excellent but the usability on a Nexus 7 is poor. The map scrolls very slowly and the app is reminiscent of an ios port. The app would benefit from having advisories associated with fires included.

★★☆☆☆ fire app not a good app doesnt show what symbols mean or if there are any fires in Qld.