The official Victorian Government app for emergency warnings and information
3.14·4,787 reviews·1,000,000+ downloads
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 5.8 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. Download VicEmergency, set up a user profile and watch zones to ensure you receive official warnings and information for areas that interest you.
Watch the VicEmergency video at www.youtube.com/channel/UCskGgVGdfEp1C3BMiiwAyzQ To review support articles or submit a request, visit http://support.emergency.vic.gov.au
Main Features: • Live incident map showing current warnings, planned burns and other types of incidents across Victoria.*** • Simple to create a profile and use watch zones that ensure you get official warnings for your local area. Warnings and information* are pushed out to a user's phone when issued by Victoria’s emergency services. • GPS integration to determine your current location** and surrounding incidents. • Emergency Warnings, Warnings, Advice and information as issued by Victoria’s emergency services • Share incidents and warnings with friends and family. • View forecast Fire Danger Ratings on the map. • View today's and tomorrow’s Total Fire Ban status.
* Your device must have an internet connection to receive warnings and information issued by Victorian emergency services. ** To view your current location, GPS must be switched on and location functionality enabled. *** Map symbols represent the origin of the emergency, not its current location or spread.
The VicEmergency app is just one tool to assist you to access warnings and information about emergencies, however you should never rely on just one information channel. Emergency services use a range of other information channels including SKY TV, ABC local radio, some commercial and designated community radio stations, VicEmergency Hotline on 1800 226 226, VicEmergency website on www.emergency.vic.gov.au and VicEmergency Twitter and Facebook.
What's New in this Version? • Addition of other types of emergencies e.g. flood, earthquake, storms, tsunami, shark sightings etc • Addition of user profile so watch zones can be accessed across multiple devices • Integration of user profiles and watch zones with the VicEmergency website • Addition of landscape view for all screens • Addition of custom tone for notifications • Addition of edit function for all aspects of watch zones • Addition of warning notifications by email
Are you getting a message asking Allow "VicEmergency" to access to your location? You need to allow access to see incidents and warnings for your current location. The steps for this will vary depending on your device, model and version of android, but should be similar to this: • Open device settings • Select applications • Select manage applications • Choose VicEmergency from the list • Tick the ‘show notifications’ box at the top of the screen
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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.
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