It Started With the Smoke Over Tantallon.
In late May 2023, a wildfire broke out in Upper Tantallon and Hammonds Plains, just northwest of Halifax. Within hours it jumped roads and tree lines. Around 16,000 people were ordered to leave, and roughly 150 homes were gone.
The hardest part of that week wasn’t the fire. It was finding out what was actually happening: which roads were closed, where it had moved, whether it was safe to go home. The information existed, scattered across scanners, social posts, and press conferences that always seemed a step behind. Halifax Fire Alerts is the answer to that scramble.
We turn Halifax’s live fire-and-emergency dispatches, neighbour reports, and the province’s daily burn rules into one readable feed, on iOS, Android, and the web.
Every incident carries the detail that matters: the call type, where it is, which stations and units are responding, and, for fires, the cause & origin once investigators determine it. Through wildfire season, the province’s open-fire rules sit right alongside it. You choose what you follow, and the app stays quiet about everything else.
- Halifax Regional Fire & EmergencyIncident dispatch feed
- Halifax Regional PolicePublic media releases
- Nova Scotia RCMP“H” Division news releases
- Province of Nova ScotiaOpen-fire (burn) restrictions
Real-Time, Not Rehashed
We read the live dispatch feed directly and post the moment a call goes out, not hours later from a summary.
Independent & Honest
No agency signs off on what you see. We aggregate public information and say plainly when it can be delayed or incomplete.
Calm & Private
A feed you can actually read, with the incident details themselves kept ad-free, and you can browse without ever making an account.
Accountable Community
Neighbour reports are tied to real accounts and moderated, so the community layer stays trustworthy.
I’m Anthony, an independent developer here in Nova Scotia.
After the devastating 2023 wildfires, I kept coming back to the same thought: the information people needed already existed, it was just scattered across scanners, social feeds, and updates that always lagged behind. I built Halifax Fire Alerts to bring it together in one calm place, so you know what’s happening the moment it matters, without the panic and the noise. It’s independent, and it always will be, so it answers to the people who use it and no one else.
Halifax Fire Alerts is an independent community app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency, Halifax Regional Police, the RCMP, the Province of Nova Scotia, or any government agency. Information is aggregated from public sources and may be delayed or incomplete. For emergencies, always call 911.