VicEmergency
com.naturallybeing.fireready
by Department of Justice and Community Safety
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About this app
VicEmergency is the official Victorian Government app for emergency warnings and information. Download VicEmergency, set up a user profile and watch zones to ensure you receive official warnings and information for areas that interest you.
Watch the VicEmergency video at www.youtube.com/channel/UCskGgVGdfEp1C3BMiiwAyzQ
To review support articles or submit a request, visit http://support.emergency.vic.gov.au
Main Features:
• Live incident map showing current warnings, planned burns and other types of incidents across Victoria.***
• Simple to create a profile and use watch zones that ensure you get official warnings for your local area. Warnings and information* are pushed out to a user's phone when issued by Victoria’s emergency services.
• GPS integration to determine your current location** and surrounding incidents.
• Emergency Warnings, Warnings, Advice and information as issued by Victoria’s emergency services
• Share incidents and warnings with friends and family.
• View forecast Fire Danger Ratings on the map.
• View today's and tomorrow’s Total Fire Ban status.
* Your device must have an internet connection to receive warnings and information issued by Victorian emergency services.
** To view your current location, GPS must be switched on and location functionality enabled.
*** Map symbols represent the origin of the emergency, not its current location or spread.
The VicEmergency app is just one tool to assist you to access warnings and information about emergencies, however you should never rely on just one information channel. Emergency services use a range of other information channels including SKY TV, ABC local radio, some commercial and designated community radio stations, VicEmergency Hotline on 1800 226 226, VicEmergency website on www.emergency.vic.gov.au and VicEmergency Twitter and Facebook.
What's New in this Version?
• Addition of other types of emergencies e.g. flood, earthquake, storms, tsunami, shark sightings etc
• Addition of user profile so watch zones can be accessed across multiple devices
• Integration of user profiles and watch zones with the VicEmergency website
• Addition of landscape view for all screens
• Addition of custom tone for notifications
• Addition of edit function for all aspects of watch zones
• Addition of warning notifications by email
Are you getting a message asking Allow "VicEmergency" to access to your location? You need to allow access to see incidents and warnings for your current location. The steps for this will vary depending on your device, model and version of android, but should be similar to this:
• Open device settings
• Select applications
• Select manage applications
• Choose VicEmergency from the list
• Tick the ‘show notifications’ box at the top of the screen
Watch the VicEmergency video at www.youtube.com/channel/UCskGgVGdfEp1C3BMiiwAyzQ
To review support articles or submit a request, visit http://support.emergency.vic.gov.au
Main Features:
• Live incident map showing current warnings, planned burns and other types of incidents across Victoria.***
• Simple to create a profile and use watch zones that ensure you get official warnings for your local area. Warnings and information* are pushed out to a user's phone when issued by Victoria’s emergency services.
• GPS integration to determine your current location** and surrounding incidents.
• Emergency Warnings, Warnings, Advice and information as issued by Victoria’s emergency services
• Share incidents and warnings with friends and family.
• View forecast Fire Danger Ratings on the map.
• View today's and tomorrow’s Total Fire Ban status.
* Your device must have an internet connection to receive warnings and information issued by Victorian emergency services.
** To view your current location, GPS must be switched on and location functionality enabled.
*** Map symbols represent the origin of the emergency, not its current location or spread.
The VicEmergency app is just one tool to assist you to access warnings and information about emergencies, however you should never rely on just one information channel. Emergency services use a range of other information channels including SKY TV, ABC local radio, some commercial and designated community radio stations, VicEmergency Hotline on 1800 226 226, VicEmergency website on www.emergency.vic.gov.au and VicEmergency Twitter and Facebook.
What's New in this Version?
• Addition of other types of emergencies e.g. flood, earthquake, storms, tsunami, shark sightings etc
• Addition of user profile so watch zones can be accessed across multiple devices
• Integration of user profiles and watch zones with the VicEmergency website
• Addition of landscape view for all screens
• Addition of custom tone for notifications
• Addition of edit function for all aspects of watch zones
• Addition of warning notifications by email
Are you getting a message asking Allow "VicEmergency" to access to your location? You need to allow access to see incidents and warnings for your current location. The steps for this will vary depending on your device, model and version of android, but should be similar to this:
• Open device settings
• Select applications
• Select manage applications
• Choose VicEmergency from the list
• Tick the ‘show notifications’ box at the top of the screen
What's New
General updates and enhancements.
App Information
Version Name
6.5.0
Version Code
604030
File Size
7.3 MB
Minimum OS
Android 5.0+
Target SDK
Android 33
Developer
Department of Justice and Community Safety
Contact
Website
Content Rating
Everyone
Package Name
com.naturallybeing.firereadyPermissions Required
This app may request the following permissions:
Recent Reviews
Scott Farnell
1.0★
not working atm. 1/09/25 just installed on new phone. gets stuck on "allow app to access your location" first screen when initially launched.
A Google user
2.0★
This app is like the boy that cried "wolf". It alerts me multiple times a day with false alarms and alerts that aren't relevant to my area. I can turn off some of these but then I won't be alerted when there is a real emergency. Plus some alerts like fire danger ratings cannot be turned off, so I need to uninstall or mute the app entirely, which again defeats the purpose of the app. I don't need to be reminded that it's Summer since that's the case 25% of the year.
A Google user
3.0★
Great app for getting info. Terrible as a notification of emergencies in your area as the constant, perpetual, unending, sleep stealing warnings that I can't turn off left me ignoring everything in the end. How about an option to be notified when situations change/escalate rather than being told the same stuff over and over and over and over and over and over and over at all times and days? Constant noise is just noise. E: There are notification types that can't be turned off or modified Amy.
J G
1.0★
Frustrating. Incidents are popping up all the time, but the only information I can get on them so often is an icon on a map. No detail. At best it's useless and frustrating, thinking in doing something wrong -- "there's got to be more here, that's there entire point of this app". But it's also dangerous -- when we can do nothing but shrug, we're going to miss or ignore something critical.
J
4.0★
Look, it's a good app, and it can definitely be invaluable, but I get daily warnings about events hundreds of kilometres away from me, and I can't seem to filter it out completely. More than 90% if what I get is completely inapplicable to me, which has created a cry-wolf situation, where I don't even bother to read it at all anymore, unless I already know there is something to be concerned about, but that renders the whole thing unnecessary anyway.
Helen Luzan
4.0★
I have reported a bug which started today as described by other uses, saying application error. I have restarted and reinstalled on my S21 but it has not resolved. Otherwise it's normally a great app! Update: when I turn off wifi and open the app, the backlog of push messages appeared but still the same error message. I will leave wifi off to see if the new notifications come through.
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