FEMA App Reviews

All of you complainers should be a little more self reliant and proactive. You know you can google 97% of the complaints you made. This app is merely here to enable you with the basics... Ya know the ABCs. Go start a kit and stop complaining.

Its mainly basics, however something is much more than nothing. Nicely clean cut. To anyone complaining there isnt much validity, honestly FEMA runs out of money annually and its one of the few agencies that isnt given a blank check. For improvement: move links to app, add more detail, and add push functions. If data is flooding a network, provide the data automatically whenever possible instead of requiring user input. Push could give heads up notifications as well if its supplied with your location.

BrandonHix from the comment above, youre my hero. Instead of focusing on fun things like fema apps, itd be way cooler to see better organized support right now here in nj. Rationing is nothing to really applaud; fast and effective ground work would be better. Outside of there being a neighborly helping hand, you can think of Fema as an individual guy packed with having a big load of responsibilty with only limited resources - maybe thats putting it pretty kindly. Its a group of course - in the grand scheme of the number of other ready and willing volunteers (who shoudnt be denied to help because of non-union status btw). Slow stuff. And totally, it comes down to local help and efficiency, and being ready for yourself in tough times as prep. No federal aid dependency recovery junk; their hand isnt that strong nor lastingly effective to be a stable long term help. Also, Im glad we had firewood for our fireplace when power went out.

Like the governments own nature of wasting taxes payers money and time helping no one but themselves , this app is useless. Ask the Sandy victims and back slapping politicians who do nothing at all, like this useless app. The review will only allow me to give it one star. I give it nothing!

Ignore the rating team below. This app is a good start for anyone going into the survival subject. Its a good source of tips and tricks for new people. The gov can only do so much, its up to you to survive.

Weak material and in need of a touch up for iPhone 5 and better graphics.

It doesnt show a map of where the FEMA Camps are located.

When I was younger, I worked for years as a volunteer EMT & firefighter. What I can factually tell you is the time to prepare for a disaster or the unthinkable. Is before the imaginable event occurs because in an emergency the golden hour begins, and any opportunity to plan is nullified. Because the FEMA app is gov sponsored there arent any advertisers trying to sell me zombie survival kits but in the event a zombie attack a Myan apocalypse occurs or even something like a hurricane or tornado pops up, this app not only allows me to plan before hand, it gives me shelter locations based on where Im at, ore disaster planning tips, and any app that increases my and my family chance of survival even by a small percentage us worth it. On the event of am emergency I want all the information I can possibly receive. The government gas a bad habit or whizzing away millions of our tax dollars but in this case theyve used my tax money hoe something I can actually use and something I as well as my family benefits from. The app does what it says bit more importantly when a disaster or catastrophic event happens it will increase my familys chance of pulling through and making it out alive. That in its own gives it 5 stars.

Good work, FEMA, for seeing the potential on leveraging citizens in gathering disaster data. Now keep moving forward and expanding the capabilities of GIS and Disaster Relief.

This is simply just an excellent app. Love the checklists! Awesome location settings too which will give each family member peace of mind. Great central resource for related info during an incident. 5 stars from this Californian household!

This is the best app ever, I just love it when my government taxes me and spends the money developing apps that geotag my location in case of an emergency. This app is definitely not a huge waste of taxpayers money. FEMA did the best job ever in Katrina, remember? So you might as well download the app right now and save the NSA a little time tracking your every movement. Privacy is way overrated anyway.

This app covers a lot of bases for FREE. (Well, okay, we paid for it.) The text for specific disasters feature is nice because you dont have to be actively have a wide band connection open to receive warnings. Text will get the point across until you find a better connection point or source for recharging your device.

The alerts for NWS watches and warnings should be done for locations by zip codes, instead of an entire county.

Good idea but poor execution. I dont need 10 flood warnings every 5 mins.

They did good adding the weather feature!

Was working. Recently updated, now does not alert for set counties. Unreliable.

Alerts quit working, which makes it pretty useless

Not sure why the other 2 reviewers say the apps alerts were way off. I had thunderstorms warnings here (Washtenaw county) and it started minutes after Id warned family members about it. Recommend it.

Do I need 7 alerts in half a day to give me heat warnings?! Had to turn off notifications, which is the reason for having the app in the first place!

Back buttons not work all the time. Have to use home button or reset app. Limited alert locations