VIC Fires Negative Reviews

VIC Fires App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

VIC Fires app received 12 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using VIC Fires? Can you share your negative thoughts about vic fires?

VIC Fires for Negative User Reviews

✓ Not as good as it used to be.I’ve been using this app for years. It’s very user friendly, and provides all the information I need to be aware of the fire situation in my area. However, it does not update as quickly as it used to, and does not show fires nearest to me any more. It used to open at the nearest fire, it now shows me fires many miles away, even if I have a fire close by. I used to recommend this app to everyone, but cannot any more. A shame..Meldrew1Version: 5.3.5

✓ FireyAs a emergent responder this used to be a a 5 star app especially for fires ect. But they recently changed their data feed and now it is notification overload. My watch zone is only 15km and I get notified times every time a tree falls down and often multiple times for the one incident. After 100s It’s to the point I don’t even take notice. They need to filter the notifications or allow the end user the ability..Boris_72Version: 5.3.7

✓ Rating values unclearI don’t like the new fire danger rating- it doesn’t specifically state TFB says, and I can’t seem to find what the rating figure actually signifies 🤷‍♀️ We live and work in an area and industry ( agriculture) that is heavily impacted by extreme weather conditions and the ‘old’ way was an extra tool to use..StayzuptoolateVersion: 5.4.7

✓ Where’s my watch zoneI live in the city but I have a small country farm. All I want to see is any fires within a 10k radius of the farm, which is what I have the watch zone set to, not everything!.Hilltop332Version: 5.2.1

✓ No better than VIC EmergencyNot worth the $1.50. Doesn’t provide information any better than the free VIC Emergency app. A very poor feature is that you can only set a Watch Zone for the location you are in. You can’t set zones for where friends and family are..NgarliVersion: 5.3.3

✓ Map this fireWhats the point? Had what we thought was a fire within 1.6k’s from home according to the map on Vicfires when the fire was 10-15k’s away. Really! Oh and there has been a fire at Goldie Spur track for weeks yet its never been shown on the map. Whats the point!.Al How58Version: 5.3.5

✓ More updates pleaseGreat app but needs to be updated more often, right now we have a fire next to our property and last update was three hours ago. Obviously commonsense takes precedence but it’s good to have the best advice !.DoccydooVersion: 5.2.2

✓ Seen better -This app is too busy and no key/legend readily available to explain what you are seeing. The flame symbols are cute but after a while they get very distracting and cover too much area on the map. It is hard to see simply where the fire has burnt!!.RobbutVersion: 5.3.3

✓ Not that goodI am a country user & in bush fire zone. I find the app freezes, cant scroll through the warnings, have a number of messages or whatever notified on app icon but can’t seem to find what they pertain to as no matter what screen I tap on the no. doesn’t decrease. Feel a bit duped of my $. Just isn’t user friendly or work as I expected..OnyakazVersion: 5.2.2

✓ Good Go To app particularly in fire season.I used this app before Vic Emergency was created. It was excellent. It is still good although Vic emergency seems to have taken the map feature which I liked. It would be good if the app could include when local fire restrictions are in place and when they are lifted, maybe by using postcodes. Could also be good if we could use the app to report intended burning off on a property. We currently do this via phoning..Sissy's Still SmilingVersion: 5.2.2

✓ Crashing problemsUsed to be able to click the town weather icon and then click to get a history of the wind or temp now it just causes the app to crash. Makes the app less useful when trying to track wind changes in fire season.UslessnicknamestoppingrubbishVersion: 5.4.7

✓ Do betterI currently have to watch fires on both sides of the NSW/Vic border and I’m using the RFS Fires Near Me app, this app and Vic Emergency app. RFS Fires Near Me is so much better that I use it to check the Vic side fires. It doesn’t give much info just fire boundaries (it’s not their role, they have enough to do) but it’s so much more user friendly than this app and the VE one. And typically the Vic based ones don’t lower themselves to include fires on the NSW side. Cut all the pretty animations and put an address function on it for starters. Then go check out Fires Near Me and change your design. We’re going to rely on these every summer from now on, please do better..RhesavalVersion: 5.3.3

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