Hey all,
PSA. If you use Vic Emergency app and have a zone created for alerts, not all types of incidents are selected by default. There was a house fire in our street. I didn't get a notification because the alert was set only for Bushfire and Grassfire by default.
So in addition to creating zones, please check your alert settings to make sure you are getting alerted for all the right incidents.
Posted by deannatroi_lefttit
7 Comments
You don’t need all the alerts, they’ll drive you insane.
I just have notifications set up with Vic emergency on X/Twitter. I remember it going absolutely nuts with that fire out past Seymour.
You the real MVP, thank you
Good PSA! Just updated my app, thank you
I wish you could set a radius for each alert type separately.
I would like to know if there is a building fire close enough to my building to be a legitimate concern, I don’t need to know about potential house fire in most of the 5km radius.
That’s because if you select all of them, some of those alerts will go off literally 5 times a day in some areas, leading to you ignoring the notifications which is dangerous when they’re actually serious. Accidental/rescue spammed me endlessly because I live on a main road and it would ping everyone anyone so much as dented a bumper, and animal leads to 15 sheep grazier warnings in one night
I’ve tried to turn off the extreme heat alert but can’t find out to do it. Yes I know it’s going to be very hot but I don’t need to be reminded multiple time a day.