Fire Finder - Wildfire Info

App is not real time and possibly not even real

3 years ago, I found this to be informative. For the last year or so, with many fires with a last update 3 or more weeks ago. New fires are not shown for several days or more. Or not at all. Not much value to me.

I live in South West Oregon & there has been a large fire in Agnest, Oregon for a couple days & wanted to find specific information on this fire & nothing. So far, not impressed

A fire started a mile from my house in the forest. Not a single mention of this fire. Homes were evacuated, still no mention of the fire.

The fire nearest to me is not listed. It’s 386 acres.

The Colorado wild fires aren’t showing up 3 days later

I have driven past active fires, and gotten texts from others first. This does not report much and if it does, it’s all over. Not what I want. I could read the newspaper for more timely notification.

Great to be able to avoid fires when traveling

We have had fires active for more than a week, burned homes and towns. And they don’t show up until the fire is almost out. What good does that do?

I like the maps. They let you know what’s happening and where. But there aren’t enough choices to focus on items or areas of interest. For examples, one cannot directly select by state or choose a distance around a city or the user’s own home or phone. Right now here in California, we have a smorgasbord of fires to choose from as topics. However, I would very much like to be able to get details between my home and San Jose so I can pick a route easily.