VicEmergency

6.9.0

Department of Justice and Community Safety

3.14

4,789 reviews

1,000,000+
Downloads

Free

The official Victorian Government app for emergency warnings and information

About VicEmergency

VicEmergency is a weather app developed by Department of Justice and Community Safety.

Download Statistics

VicEmergency has been downloaded 1.5 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 4.9 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 weather apps.

User Ratings

VicEmergency is rated 3.14 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 4.8 thousand ratings.

App Information

VicEmergency is FREE to download. The APK download size is 7.04 MB. The latest version available is 6.9.0. The last update was on November 25, 2025.

Technical Requirements

VicEmergency requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play December 2010.

Description

VicEmergency is the official Victorian Government app for emergency warnings and information.

More data about VicEmergency

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	1.5 million
Recent downloads	4.9 thousand
Rating	3.14 based on 4.8 thousand ratings
Ranking	Highly ranked
Version	6.9.0
APK size	7.04 MB
Number of libraries	36
Designed for Android	5.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Common keywords of similar apps

Vicemergency Watch Addition Zones Services View Victorian User Profile Issued Device Government Ensure Channel Types Gps Integration Emergencies Radio Website Version Select Applications Warnings Information Emergency Location Current Official Incidents App Map Access Notifications Receive Local Fire

Keywords missing from this app

Weather Alerts Time Stay Alert Service Warning Incident Water Real Forecasts Data Levels Recent Features Critical Severe Public Live Updates National Community Users Flood Disaster Informed Safety Area Radar Reports Areas Directly Including Level Push Locations

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Downloads over time

VicEmergency has been downloaded 1.5 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 160 downloads per day.

Changelog of VicEmergency

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Developer information for Department of Justice and Community Safety

Department of Justice and Community Safety

support@vicemergency.zendesk.com

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Comments on VicEmergency for Android

★★★★★ Ian Cameron · Jan 12, 2026

Thanks state of vic, for everything. Staying informed is KEY to staying safe.

★★★★☆ Sina Aghabagheri · Jan 12, 2026

Does notify you properly and does what it needs to do (give you alerts on emergencies) but emergency wa app looks better and this app's ui/ux looks terrible

★★★★☆ Jian Aurelius · Jan 13, 2026

Couple of things : impact areas should be on by default as you would be surprised how many people don't look or know that option is in the menu. Also why in 2026 can we not even have delayed or snapshot satellite view to see the fire/smoke? Could have an option for the public to report embers and then turn that on and off to see how far ahead embers are travelling. Multiple notifications for air quality and other things when im clearly in fire zone not helpful and distracting. Where is wind? Thx

★★★★☆ Peter Barnes · Jan 9, 2026

Replacing my old review as the app has improved greatly, been good for years now if you take the time to configure your watch zones, and has mostly worked without a hitch today under presumably very high load. My only gripe today is that the map is displaying the catastrophic rating areas despite having the ratings layer turned off, and the red of the catastrophic area makes interpretation of the warning areas difficult, particularly for people whose vision isn't great or who are color blind.

★★★★☆ Peter Stevens · Jun 13, 2026

I use the Vic Emergency app a lot and for many years. But recently I've upgraded to a Samsung A57 phone and the Vic Emergency alert sound is NOT the normal app alert sound but a feeble and definitely not alerting sound. All I find is references that the sounds produced are from within the app itself. Phone related issue or Android version related?

★☆☆☆☆ Natasha Morphett · Dec 16, 2025

Wouldn't let me change location, so I uninstall it, but now is has frozen won't let me do anything at all.terrible while in a fire prone area, please fix the problems 🙏

★★☆☆☆ Briohny Kerr · Jan 24, 2026

Some of the icons on the map vanish before you can read them - like the black red and white fire symbol. So, I have to go to the website to be able to see all the latest information on the fires and warnings.

★★☆☆☆ zomes zomes · Jan 15, 2026

6 years on from my initial review and nothing has improved regarding the constant notifications. The watch zones and associated filters work well but the constant notifications about air quality, heatwaves, total fire bans etc. work against the purpose of the app and make you more likely to ignore the important notifications. For the love of god give us an option to disable the state wide alerts/notifications as they are absolutely useless for all but the strictest of hermits

★☆☆☆☆ Paula Scicluna · Jan 24, 2026

Useless! Once it is downloaded it won't let you set it up. The screen just freezes.

Google Play Rankings for VicEmergency

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
22	Australia	Weather	Top Free

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Technologies used by VicEmergency

VicEmergency is requesting 28 permissions and is using 36 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Your location

approximate (network-based) location, precise (GPS) location

Network communication

view network connections, full network access, receive data from Internet

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Hardware controls

control vibration

System tools

prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE, com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT, com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS, com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE, com.naturallybeing.fireready.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION, com.naturallybeing.fireready.permission.PushHandlerActivity, com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS, com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ, com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE, com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE, com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE, me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ, me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE

Ad network libraries

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Social libraries

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Development tools

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Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

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Kotlin

Android Support Library collections

Android Support VectorDrawable

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AndroidX App Startup

AndroidX Local Broadcast Manager

Android Support Library Print

Android Support Library Document File

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PhoneGap Social Sharing

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