Feldbrand-Wächter
A hyperlocal fire-risk companion for rural German households and farms that pulls dry-period data, recent incident reports, and official Waldbrandwarnstufen into a single daily briefing, with push reminders during high-risk days.
Rural residents, farmers, and volunteer firefighters in dry regions of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, and Saxony-Anhalt who want one trusted fire-risk view
- District-level daily fire danger score blending DWD Waldbrandgefahrenindex, recent incidents, and stubble-field burn reports
- SMS and push alerts when a nearby field fire breaks out, with safe-distance guidance and road-closure maps
- Seasonal prevention checklist (no-smoking reminders, machinery spark protocols, water source mapping)
- One-tap 'I see smoke' button that texts the local Wehr with GPS coordinates and your farm/water-source info for tanker support
A 35,000 m² stubble-field fire in Twistringen this week required 100 firefighters across eight towns, and bystanders actively blocked responders; dry-season field fires are now a recurring summer story across eastern Lower Saxony.
Real recurring summer incidents (Twistringen field fire 2025, 100 firefighters, 8 towns) but Umweltbundesamt reports 2024 was a below-average Waldbrand year, and the audience is narrow and geographically concentrated.Waldbrände – Umweltbundesamt ↗Jahresbilanz 2024 Brandschutz/Katastrophenschutz Niedersachsen ↗
waldbrandstufe.info is a direct free competitor already delivering daily Waldbrand + Grünlandfeuer-Index for all 16 Bundesländer via GPS, PLZ, and Bundesland, with knowledge articles and a PWA install path; the push/daily-briefing angle is differentiated but the core data is crowded.Waldbrandstufe Infoportal – Aktuelle Waldbrand- und Grünlandfeuergefahrenstufen ↗Der digitale Waldbrandatlas (BKG PWA, für Behörden) ↗
All underlying indices come free from DWD/public portals, the target users (volunteer firefighters, farmers) are notoriously price-sensitive, and demand is highly seasonal – very hard to build real ARPU.Waldbrandstufe Infoportal (free) ↗DWD Waldbrand-Gefahrenindex (free public) ↗
Climate change is increasing dry-period fire risk across eastern Lower Saxony/Brandenburg/Saxony-Anhalt, giving a long-running tailwind, but usage is strongly seasonal (summer dry periods).Waldbrände – Umweltbundesamt (Trend/Szenarien) ↗
Build is straightforward: DWD data is open, push notifications and PWA packaging are standard; harder parts are curating local incident reports and earning volunteer-firefighter trust for accuracy.Der digitale Waldbrandatlas (PWA-Referenz) ↗