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WildFire-Ready

Launched this week

Track, prepare for, and prevent wildfires across BC and AB

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Track, prepare for, and prevent wildfires across BC and AB

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Wildfire Ready is a free app for BC and Alberta that combines a live wildfire map, air quality, road closures, and evacuation alerts with full FireSmart guides, evacuation checklists, and defensible space prep. One calm place to stay informed and ready.

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Launch tags:Health & Fitness•Travel•Maps

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Hey Product Hunt 👋 Jeff here, maker of Wildfire Ready. I'm based in Northeastern BC right along the Alberta border, and like a lot of people out here, I've watched fire seasons get longer and scarier every year. Last summer I had a trip cut short near Grande Prairie because I just couldn't get a clear picture of what was actually happening with the fires around me. I was bouncing between the BC Wildfire Service map, DriveBC, air quality sites, fire ban pages, and Twitter trying to piece it together. Ended up packing up early because I couldn't tell what was safe. I built Wildfire Ready because that scramble shouldn't be the norm. It's a free app for BC and Alberta that pulls all the official data into one map (fires, air quality, road closures, fire bans, wind direction) and pairs it with the prep content most people don't look at until it's too late, FireSmart guides, defensible space checklists, and evacuation planning. A few things that make it different: 🔥 You can save your home, cabin, or campsites and get push alerts when a fire gets close 🌬️ AI-generated situation summaries when there's a lot going on at once 🇨🇦 Built specifically for Western Canada, with English and French support 📡 Works offline for critical info when you lose signal Free forever. No ads, no subscriptions, no account required, no data selling. I'm not trying to replace 911 or official emergency channels, I just wanted one calm place to check. iOS is in TestFlight and Android beta is open too. Launching publicly before fire season really kicks off. I'd genuinely love feedback from anyone who's lived through wildfire season, or anyone with experience in emergency apps. What am I missing? What would you want in something like this? Thanks for taking a look. Stay safe out there 🌲

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What's the right way to launch a free public-safety tool to a non-tech audience?

I've been building Wildfire-Ready for 8 months a free bilingual wildfire info app for BC and Alberta launching ahead of the 2026 fire season. Pulls from 8 official Canadian government sources (BC Wildfire Service, Alberta Wildfire, NASA FIRMS, ECCC, DriveBC, 511 Alberta, EmergencyInfoBC, Alberta Emergency Alerts) into one map. No ads, no subs, never will be public-interest infrastructure, non-profit incorporation in progress.

The build was the easy part. The launch is the part I'm genuinely uncertain about.

Most launch playbooks (PH, Reddit, IH) assume your audience is other builders or SaaS buyers. My audience is middle-aged residents in fire-prone BC and Alberta communities many of whom got their first smartphone five years ago. PH itself probably isn't where they'll find it.

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