I live in a fire prone area. I live in the same county where an entire town burned down a few years ago so we’re all a little edgy when we see fire or smoke. Earlier this year I was evacuated and the fire season hadn’t even really gotten started. I live in the county of the Park fire which is the fourth largest in California history. I would get continual updates every time there was a change reassuring. It was a little scary when my phone beeped about every 10 minutes, but at the same time we had three other fires in my area so it was pretty busy. I strongly recommend that you pay the $25 to get updates. That’s two dollars a month for peace of mind. I do live in a Fire area so for my County I have every single update pushed to me. The two other counties that are adjacent to us that also tend to share their fires with us I get an update when there is a new fire. I also have my son’s County let me know when there is a new Fire since he’s also been burned out once. I can’t recommend it highly enough. And that’s before they start adding camera views. Before I learned about the ability see which aircraft have been deployed, and before I figured out how to find out what the hotspots were and and that I could see the wind direction. If you live in a fire area and you do not at least download the free copy, you have no excuse when you’re caught unaware.

I downloaded the app to keep track of what was going on with my brothers house and my house and it helped me to know when to evacuate. As I was in my garage, I looked up & the plane was right at the end of my driveway dropping red goo so I figured out that if they were doing that there must be fire right there so since I wasn’t getting any notifications to evacuate, I knew I had to go so I grabbed my doggy and left and I’m in a wheelchair so luckily, my husband asked me to put some stuff in the car because he no one was here with me. My house was on the news, but it wasn’t because it was burned down It was because the fire was at my driveway and the great people in the plane got it put out before it took out my house so you helped save my house and my life. Thank you very much.!

This app truly brought a sense of relief to my family during the Southfork Fire. To be able to see almost exactly where the line was and receive the updates and concerns in the area every few hours was unbelievable. I feel like this app helped to connect the community in a way that people didn’t expect. It also brought my 85 year old grandma a sense of relief and hope as our family vacation home of over 30 years was within a few feet of the flames. We lost my Grandpa last year and Ruidoso was one of his favorite places to be! My Grandma felt she was about to lose a part of him all over again. My heart aches for the family’s affected and those that lost their everything and even their lives. We count our blessings everyday and continue to keep those more severely affected in our thoughts. Strength be with those this has touched.