AlertaCercana: AI-Curated Hyperlocal Incident Feed for Spanish Cities
A push-notification service for residents of Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish cities that distills verified local news (fires, traffic closures, civil emergencies) into a calm, ranked feed with traffic-aware rerouting suggestions.
Residents and commuters in Spanish cities who need fast, trustworthy local alerts without doomscrolling
- Hyperlocal alert feed scoped to your barrio with severity ranking and source links
- Traffic-aware rerouting helper that opens Waze/Google Maps with a recommended alternative when a major road is cut
- Daily digest summarising active incidents near you at 8am
- Multi-language toggle (Castellano/Valencià/Català/English) for expats and travellers
A major fire next to the Oceanogràfic and the Saler motorway is currently cutting entry and exit traffic into Valencia — exactly the kind of breaking hyperlocal disruption where current general-news apps are too slow and noisy.
Real event: July 2026 fire next to Oceanogràfic/V-15 in Valencia cut traffic and tram service, widely covered by Russpain, Las Provincias, Levante-EMV; CIS survey shows strong Spanish public appetite for mobile disaster alerts.Major Fire Near Oceanogràfic Halts Traffic on V-15 in Valencia ↗Spaniards back mobile alerts as confidence in disaster planning wanes ↗
ES-Alert (EU-mandated 2022 cell-broadcast system) and AlertCops cover official emergencies for free; gap exists for calm ranked non-emergency hyperlocal feed (traffic, smaller fires, civil works), but direct competitors are entrenched and free.ES-Alert: The lifesaving system on your smartphone you should know about ↗AlertCops App - Personal Safety and Emergency Reporting in Spain ↗
Hard to charge: ES-Alert is a free government cell-broadcast incumbent covering the most critical alerts; local news (Las Provincias, Levante) is already free ad-supported; no evidence of consumer willingness to pay for a calmer version of largely-free municipal alerts.ES-Alert: The lifesaving system on your smartphone you should know about ↗
Climate-driven extreme events (DANA floods in Valencia, recurring fires) plus dense urban traffic in Madrid/Barcelona sustain structural need; EU-wide mandate for mobile emergency alerts legitimizes the category long-term.Spaniards back mobile alerts as confidence in disaster planning wanes ↗Alertas de Protección Civil en España: cómo funcionan y cómo configurarlas en tu ↗
Standard stack (news RSS scraping, LLM summarization, Google Maps/Waze routing API, push notifications) is straightforward, but building trusted verification + traffic-aware rerouting across multiple Spanish municipalities adds non-trivial product and partnership work.Un incendio cerca del Oceanogràfic obliga a cortar el tranvía y el V-15 ↗