Firefighters Emergency vs FireSync Ops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firefighters Emergency
Locate over 30,000 fire emergency facilities and equipment across the United States. Search by map, region, state, or address. Save your favorites for quick access.
- Locate 30,000+ fire emergency facilities
- Search by GPS or address
- Map view of facilities
- Filter by region or state
- Save favorite locations
- Offline data availability
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Get the position (GPS or address) of all the fire emergency facilities and equipments in the United States directly to your iPhone, iPad and iPod. The app provides the following fire emergency facilities and equipments: - dry riser inlet; - fire alarm box; - fire extinguisher; - fire flapper; - fire hose; - fire hydrant; - fire water pond; - suction point; - water tank. The app also allows to: - Search in more than 30000 fire emergency facilities and equipments available; - Check the fire emergency facilities and equipments directly from the map; - Search fire emergency facilities and equipments by region, US state, address, street name or geolocation (latitude, longitude - GPS location service supported); - Save your favorites fire emergency facilities and equipments; - If offline, new fire emergency facilities and equipments are missing; - Coverage United States. IMPORTANT NOTE: the app displays all the AVAILABLE fire emergency facilities and equipments provided by OpenStreetMap (http://openstreetmap.org/) and OverpassTurbo (http://overpass-api.de/). If you don't see some data, please understand it is not app fault but a lack of information at the source. Thus, please do not leave a bad review for this kind of issues. The app displays a banner and an interstitial ads to support dev to implement new features.
FireSync Ops
This app provides essential information for firefighters and paramedics, including maps, weather data, incident response guides, and department-specific directories. It offers real-time access to critical resources for emergency operations.
- Interactive maps with weather data
- Digital incident response pocket guide
- Department-specific forms and directories
- Real-time weather and fire behavior analysis
- Helispot and channel plan information
- Live radio stream access
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FireSync Ops is a one-of-a-kind tool for fire departments that puts key information into the hands of frontline firefighters and paramedics. Current Capabilities: Maps. View maps and georeferenced PDF files published by your department as well as weather radar, wind forecasts, weather stations, helispots, repeaters, and more. Hotspot Finder. It only takes one overlooked hotspot to cause loss of property and life. No other system allows you to track and clear hotspots like FireSync Ops. Forms. Easily fill out your department's forms. WX/Fire Behavior. View weather stations, NWS alerts, NWS FWF, department fire weather forecasts, fuel models, and pocket cards. It also has calculators for RH & Dew point, FDFM & PIG, and allows you to create Fire WX Observer Records. IRPG. The full Incident Response Pocket Guide is included in an easy to use format that allows you to rapidly access any section. GPS. Display your current latitude and longitude in multiple formats. Helispots. Provides locations and vital information relating to the approved helispots used by your department. Channel Plans. Easily browse and search your department's channel plans and repeaters. Live Radio. Listen to any radio channels your department has setup for online broadcasting. QualCard. Enter your qualcard for convenient access. Fire Intel. View National and GACC preparedness levels along with other useful information & links. Other Department Information. FireSync Ops can display a wide array of other information published by your department such as geo directories (e.g. swiftwater), station and personnel directories, documents, web links and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FireSync Ops at 100% against Firefighters Emergency's 0%. FireSync Ops also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Firefighters Emergency's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FireSync Ops holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Firefighters Emergency's written reviews are positive against 100% of FireSync Ops's.
Firefighters Emergency ships an update every 20 months, FireSync Ops monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefighters Emergency | FireSync Ops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Andrea Bisegna | ForceReadiness.com |
Customer experience
Firefighters Emergency
FireSync Ops
In-app purchases
Firefighters Emergency
No in-app purchases
FireSync Ops
No in-app purchases
Questions
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