Victoria’s FireReady app issuing alerts for non-existent fires

[1] A government app dubbed “FireReady” from the state of Victoria, Australia, has been giving erroneous alerts for non-existent forest fires.

[2] Last week, Residents of Redesdale town received lasts from the FireReady app of huge fires about 3.5km away, when there was no fire within 20km.

[3] The app, which notifies its users of all fires reported through the emergency number 000, also erroneously displayed fire warnings for 6 hours by default.

[Source] http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/5999-victorias-fireready-app-issuing-alerts-for-non-existent-fires