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A wildfire readiness companion for BC Interior households that consolidates TNRD and BC Wildfire Service alerts, builds a personalized 15-minute evacuation checklist, and tracks your go-bag and livestock plan.
Families and smallholders in BC Interior fire-interface communities like Merritt, Kamloops and the Cariboo
- Single-feed alert map merging TNRD orders, First Nation alerts, and BC Wildfire Service updates for your address
- 15-minute grab-list generator that scans your home for meds, documents, pets and irreplaceables
- Family and livestock muster plan with meeting point and trailer checklist
- Post-evacuation document replacement tracker (ID, insurance, land titles)
Active Ainslie Creek and Brunswick Complex fires have triggered 61-property evacuation orders and a Lower Nicola Indian Band alert near Merritt, exposing the gap between official alerts and household readiness.
Active wildfire events around Merritt/Kamloops and proven demand for Watch Duty (LA wildfires surge + millions of US users) plus BC gov-pushed preparedness content (FireSmart BC, PreparedBC) confirm a real, recurring seasonal need.Plan, prepare, stay informed - Province of British Columbia ↗What to know about the Watch Duty app amid L.A. wildfires ↗
Whitelist is thin: Watch Duty is expanding into Canada-adjacent coverage, the official BC Wildfire Service app already provides free alerts, and Sonalog/GoBag Mini cover checklist functionality — defensible niche is the BC Interior-specific go-bag + livestock + 15-min checklist, not alerts.Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods - Apps on Google Play ↗Sonalog: Home Disaster Prep App - App Store ↗
Watch Duty validates a $24.99-$99.99/yr individual subscription tier for wildfire intelligence, but BC's relatively small Interior population (~300k) and free gov alternatives cap ceiling; one-time $9.99 + $4.99/yr or community/RD-paid B2B model more realistic.Membership | Watch Duty ↗Watch Duty Expands Wildfire Tracking Services with Membership Program ↗
Climate trend makes wildfire season a multi-decade reality, not a one-off spike
No hard technical moats — checkboxes, go-bag tracking, and aggregations of public TNRD/BCWS alert feeds are straightforward; main effort is scraping/normalizing feeds and building livestock-plan templates, with regional legal/compliance overhead for emergency alerts.