# FireNear - Wildfire Alerts — Satellite wildfire heat alerts

> Satellite wildfire heat alerts (iPhone/iPad app by HYUNWOO LEE.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/firenear-wildfire-alerts/id6797158063 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [HYUNWOO LEE](https://appshunter.io/developer/1592216709)
- Category: Weather, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 25 MB
- Languages: American English, Korean
- Released: 2026-08-27
- Data updated: 2026-10-09

## What is FireNear?

Some places matter to you but are too far away to check every day. Your parents' house, a weekend farm, a cabin, a campsite.
FireNear watches them for you.

It reads NASA satellite observations (FIRMS VIIRS 375m) and alerts you when a heat source is detected within the radius of a place you registered.

■ How it works
1. Add a place to watch. Drop a pin on the map or enter coordinates directly.
2. Set the alert radius, anywhere from 5 km to 100 km.
3. When a heat source is detected inside that radius, you get a notification telling you the direction and distance.

■ Features
· Watch up to 10 places
· Per-place alert radius (5-100 km)
· Pick locations on a map, with nearby hotspots shown as you browse
· Distance, bearing, confidence and observation time for every hotspot
· Open any hotspot location in your map app
· English and Korean, with dark mode
· Works anywhere in the world

■ Important: please read
What this app reports is a heat source detected by satellite. It is NOT confirmed to be a wildfire.
Steel mills, power plants, agricultural burning and solar reflection can all register as heat sources.

· This app is not an official emergency alert from any government or fire authority.
· Satellites pass overhead only a few times a day, so detection can lag hours behind an actual fire.
· Heavy cloud cover can prevent detection entirely.
· For any real emergency decision, including evacuation, follow your local fire service and official alerts.

Treat this as a reason to go check on a place, not as a precise early warning system.

■ Privacy
The coordinates you enter are stored only on your device. Nothing is sent to or collected by a server.
No account, no sign-in.
Location permission is used only when you tap "Use current location" - the app never asks just because you opened it.

■ Data sources
NASA FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System)
VIIRS 375m near real-time observations (NOAA-20)
Maps: OpenStreetMap contributors

Contact: as.enoosoft@gmail.com

## Is FireNear safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess FireNear.

## Is FireNear legit?

FireNear - Wildfire Alerts appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for FireNear is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0.0 — 2026-08-27

No release notes.

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