FireSignal - wildfires
See wildfires near you
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Follow your campsite, your home or your holiday spot. When a fire starts nearby you hear about it, day or night.
FireSignal shows wildfires in Europe, detected by weather satellites.
MOST OF THE APP WORKS WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT
The map is free and needs no sign-in. Open the app, tap "Map", and you see all
current fire detections in Europe. Tap any fire for details.
WHY SIGN-IN EXISTS
An account is only needed to follow a place (a campsite, a home address) and to
receive notifications about it. Everything else is open.
HOW TO SIGN IN WITH THE DEMO ACCOUNT
1. Tap "Account" in the tab bar, then "Sign in".
2. Enter the e-mail address below and tap "Send me a code".
3. On the next screen ("Code from your email"), enter the 6-digit code below
and tap "Sign in".
Normally that code is e-mailed to the user. For this account the code is fixed,
so no mailbox is needed and the code does not expire. You will still see the
message that a code was sent; that is expected.
ADVERTISING AND TRACKING
The free version shows a single banner ad at the bottom of the Map, Places and
Account tabs (Google AdMob). No interstitials or other full-screen ads. Plus
subscribers see no ads. Before any ad is requested, Google's consent message
(UMP) is shown; on iOS the App Tracking Transparency request follows right
after it. Both appear about 6 seconds after you open the Map tab on a device
that has not answered them before; they are deliberately not shown at launch,
so that someone opening a wildfire app in a hurry is not stopped by a dialog.
The advertising identifier is only used if the user allows tracking. Consent
can be changed at any time under Settings, "Privacy settings for ads".
LOCATION
The app never asks for location on launch. It asks only when you tap "Use my
current location" while adding a place, and it requests reduced (coarse)
accuracy only. The location stays on the device and is not sent to our
servers.
NOTIFICATIONS
An alert requires a real wildfire to be detected within the radius of a saved
place, so it cannot be triggered on demand during review. Notification settings
are under Account. If you would like us to send a test notification to a device
during the review, e-mail us and we will do so within the hour.
SUBSCRIPTION
FireSignal Plus is an auto-renewable subscription, EUR 5.99 monthly or EUR 29.99
yearly. It adds immediate alerts, up to five places, a wind warning and
tomorrow's fire danger. The map and one place remain free.
The demo account deliberately does NOT have Plus, so that you can see the free
tier and the paywall exactly as a new user does, and so that you can test the
purchase itself.
To review the paid features, open "Account" and tap the Plus card. A sandbox
purchase is accepted and unlocks Plus immediately on this account; our server
verifies the signed transaction against Apple's root certificate. If the sandbox
purchase does not go through for any reason, e-mail us and we will enable Plus
on the demo account within the hour so you can still review those screens.
SAFETY
The app states clearly, in the description and in the app itself, that satellite
detection is not an alarm system and does not replace emergency services.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
New
- Tap an alert and the app opens straight to that fire on the map, or the place it is about.
- Likely agricultural burning gets its own label and colour, so you can see what is probably not a wildfire.
Free and Plus
- The free version shows an ad banner at the bottom, never on the alerts screen or with a campsite message. Plus has no ads.
- You can change your consent for ads under Settings.
The developer, Rutger Harder, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Rutger Harder
- Size
- 7.1 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 FireSignal/1338
