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title: "VicEmergency - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in Australia | Apple App Store"
description: "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 i"
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# VicEmergency — Australia

![VicEmergency App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/b7/71/c3/b771c3bf-6cd0-b2dc-ea5b-855fae598abf/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-11-0-0-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [State of Victoria - Department of Justice](https://apptail.io/developer/state-of-victoria-department-of-justice-olrb) (Australia)
**Category:** News
**Rating:** 2.9/5 (746 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.collabforge.fireready
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Australia
**Version:** 6.9.0 (released 2025-12-02)
**Original Release:** 2010-03-13
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/au/app/app/id356559665)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/vicemergency-cCR/australia](https://apptail.io/app/vicemergency-cCR/australia)

## VicEmergency Description
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 

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&#039;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&#039;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.

Are you getting a message asking you to turn on notifications? You need to ensure that push notifications are enabled specifically for the VicEmergency app, as follows:

For iOS10, iOS9, iOS8 and iOS6:
1. Click on the Settings icon and then select Notifications. 
2. Scroll down, click the VicEmergency icon
3. Ensure &#039;Allow Notifications&quot; or &quot;Notification Centre&quot; (iOS6) at top of the screen is set to On. 
4. We recommend that you set Alert Style as &#039;Banners&#039; or Alerts&#039; and ensure that Sounds and &quot;Show on Lock Screen&quot; or &quot;View in Lock Screen&quot; (iOS6) are set to On. 

For iOS7: 
1. Open the device&#039;s Settings icon and then select &#039;Notification Center&#039;.
2. Under &#039;Access on Lock Screen&#039;, check that &#039;Notifications View&#039; is On (showing as green).
3. Scroll further down and ensure that VicEmergency is in the list under INCLUDE. Click it to open it.
4. At the top, set Alert Style as &#039;Banners&#039; or Alerts&#039;
5. Then ensure that everything in this section is turned On - ‘Badge App Icon’, ‘Sounds’, &#039;Show in Notification Center&#039;, &#039;Show on Lock Screen’, etc (all should be showing as green).

## VicEmergency Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/64/e6/97/64e697b0-7b8f-28a7-7138-30fb3a702a6b/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/d5/f7/30/d5f73008-2153-d174-618e-7d1fc8117e4c/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/f9/b8/6f/f9b86f2f-b4d5-592b-4ffe-3342843f8d88/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/d8/d8/ba/d8d8ba7b-0c96-98aa-7b98-9cecebbe49a3/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/57/2d/87/572d87f9-f3fc-7ab6-b503-fc948234cb71/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/54/26/8c/54268c03-d4d3-0c7a-6793-c3a0633849c5/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)

## VicEmergency Rating Breakdown in Australia
- 5 stars: 229 (31%)
- 4 stars: 93 (12%)
- 3 stars: 83 (11%)
- 2 stars: 82 (11%)
- 1 stars: 259 (35%)

## VicEmergency Reviews in Australia

### *---- "Urgent update ASAP"
This Vic emergency app needs to be updated as soon as possible as it is a very important app for people who live in Australia and also throughout Victoria. This is a very urgent and very important love for all people to use so we can keep track of is happening.
-- Malenika44, 2024-12-26

### ***-- "So many notifications"
Having so many notification takes away from the ones that are actually important.
-- jcb.1982, 2024-12-20

### *---- "Useless as the proverbial on a bull."
Today, and not the first time, a major accident I passed by.  Dandenong Road and Warragul. Closed with cars everywhere, police, tow trucks.  Traffic not moving. Go to VicEmergency app and zero on it. Zilch.  Typical of anything the Vic Labor Government do it seems.
-- 6andy6, 2024-12-15

### ***** "Five out of five star no drama"
Good
-- Comeng67, 2024-12-15

### ***** "Pls make a dark icon"
Hey guys can you please make a dark version of the app icon because it&#039;s really messing with the vibe of my phone layout at the moment, all the other have really cool looking dark icons and this one sticks out like a sore thumb. Thanks 👍
-- Josh the Bosh, 2024-12-12

### *---- "Notification stopped working"
Again! Literally on the bring of fire season and suddenly notifications stop working. They only way I have found to fix it is deleting the app and setting the whole thing up again. Pathetic.
-- Begaras, 2024-11-23

### *---- "Fire"
Worst ever app doesn’t update regularly hate to be stuck somewhere in a fire with no updates absolutely useless
-- what a crock app, 2024-11-17

### ***-- "Update"
One thing I have found is that information on incidents stays on the App for a long time, even well after it occurred, yet things that are happening at present aren’t showing up at all. 
It’s been 2 years since the App was last updated and I think it should be done regularly.
-- Koalagirl011, 2024-11-05

### **--- "Please add dark mode icon"
Please add dark mode icon for iOS 18!!!
-- anonamas 223562488, 2024-10-14

### *---- "Desperately in need of an update"
Upgrade iOS and once again find that notifications have stoped working. 
Gone through the whole delete everything/restart/reinstall/reconfigure process and still doesn’t work. 
The app hasn’t been updated in 2+ years so I suspect it’s too out of date to work properly. 
Considering how important this app is you would think (hope?) it gets some badly need attention.
-- frankfil, 2024-09-19

### *---- "Worst app ever"
This is supposed to be a Victorian emergency app hasn’t even been updated in two years. What a joke get your act together government and update your app as it doesn’t work. Doesn’t show up-to-date information and is useless. I’d rather go and look somewhere else for an app that’s better, no one please don’t use this app. It will not work. It doesn’t even work at all correct
-- Apple user 1911, 2024-09-17

### ****- "i don’t know why so many people are hating"
this app i get sends a lot of notifications but u have to think their important information what if a random thunderstorm came out of nowhere and u didn’t have time to move things outside you would feel stupid if u didn’t know plus it tells you about all the incidents and warnings like it’s a good app
-- 👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👹👹👹, 2024-06-21

### *---- "VIC app"
This once useful app has become a USELESS  app that will no longer load on my iPhone fix it please as it used to be a safety tool but not any more . Have tried deleting and reinstalling, nothing works
-- Sad @1, 2024-02-22

### ****- "Vital app + an improvement suggestion"
This is a vital app. Thank you for providing it. 
One improvement suggestion - can you please include the ability to apply more than one filter in the map settings in a watch zone? For example, it would be really useful for firefighting purposes to be able to show both Impact Areas and Wind Direction and speed at the same time (at the moment you have to choose one or the other and flick between them.)
-- Dechlan Ellis, 2024-02-22

### *---- "A live satellite would really help"
Why’s it so hard to watch my burning property that iam not near so hard to watch my cattle and house ,burn to the ground 

I can’t get there and I have no idea what’s going on there !
-- Nippy charles, 2024-02-22

### **--- "Not user friendly"
You need to involve the users in the development of this App
-- 98778op, 2024-02-12

### *---- "App does not work anymore"
Have an Apple ph does not open blank page with icons only . Always worked before . Deleting and reinstalling does not work . How many neg reviews till this is fixed .
-- Susea12, 2024-01-17

### *---- "White out"
The app continually stops responding and displays a white page with logos of the service organisations that presumably contribute information to the database. Recommended reset worked intermittently but eventually failed. It became unusable.
-- Jimboe737, 2024-01-09

### *---- "No way to opt out of massive area watch zone"
Tired of getting thunderstorm warnings at all hours for areas hundreds of km away because the developers are obtuse and won&#039;t listen to feedback. I have a 1km watch zone to avoid exactly this, yet it doesn&#039;t matter. Done with it and deleted the app. Waste of taxpayer money.
-- Pigfker6969, 2024-01-07

### ***-- "Frustrating"
I do find this app helpful and useful when it works. Recently it doesn’t open. There is nothing more frustrating when an alert goes off and the app won’t open. Thankfully I haven’t been in any situations where the app has been urgently needed…yet.
-- KFr33r, 2024-01-07

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## VicEmergency Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Australia | News | #14 |
| Top Free | Malaysia | News | #106 |
| Top Free | Thailand | News | #183 |
| Top Free | United Kingdom | News | #298 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | News | #359 |
| Top Free | Singapore | News | #371 |
| Top Free | Canada | News | #372 |

## VicEmergency Discovered Keywords
- vic gov
- fires near me
- emergancy plus
- victoria service
- vic services
- vicemergency
- fire app
- fire alert
- vic fires
- fire vic

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## VicEmergency Available In
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- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/vicemergency-cCR/united-kingdom)
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/vicemergency-cCR/united-states)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/vicemergency-cCR/new-zealand)
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- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/vicemergency-cCR/canada)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/vicemergency-cCR/germany)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/vicemergency-cCR/turkey)
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