Be updated with emergency news
VicEmergency is the Victorian government's free official app for emergency warnings and information. Developed by the Department of Justice and Community Safety of Australia’s Victoria state, it can be downloaded on any of your mobile devices without any hidden charge.
VicEmergency is a mobile app that can help you access emergency warnings, information, and any other types of incidents across Victoria. Users only need to create a user profile and watch zones to ensure that they receive alerts and information in areas of interest. GPS integration to determine the users' current location and surrounding incidents.
Be prepared for emergencies
VicEmergency includes a live incident map that displays current warnings, planned burns, and other types of incidents occurring throughout Victoria. When issued by Victoria state's emergency services, all warnings and information are sent to a user's phone. To provide accurate information, your device must have an internet connection and an open GPS location. This way, users can also help share emergency notices with other friends and family.
It provides information on other types of disasters such as earthquakes, storms, tsunamis, shark sightings, and many others. It can also now integrate user profiles and watch zones with its website. Users can also now access their watch zones across multiple devices. Furthermore, it also added a landscape view option so that users can see maps clearly on all types of screens.
The app also has a very nice and customizable user interface. Users can now use a custom tone for their notifications, and all aspects of the watch zones can be edited. Warning notifications are now also sent to users' email addresses. Some users have complained that the map is too small and disjointed. Some warnings also do not specify the type of incident that is taking place.
Innovative emergency app
VicEmergency is a free emergency alert and information app for residents of Victoria, Australia. It allows users to create a profile and identify their location so that the app can provide them with accurate information about planned burns and other types of incidents. To stay up to date on the latest news, you must have a stable internet connection and a GPS location turned on.
