Watch for vacation-rental managers
Every unit on one map, checked against the federal wildfire feed every 15 minutes.
Forty cabins across three counties, and the guest texts start the minute smoke is in the news. Watch keeps every listing on one map with the wildfires the federal incident feed lists near them — so you see which units have a listed fire near them, and how far, before you have to answer.
Start free with 3 locations See the sample demo Pricing How it works & limits
The email you get, and the map behind it
When the feed lists a new fire inside a distance you set, or a listed fire’s size and measured distance put a unit at watch or threat level, you get an email naming the fire, its reported size, the measured distance to that unit, and the official incident source — the same numbers you can give a guest, with the source. A fire 200 yards from a cabin is a threat at any size; a 10,000-acre fire is a threat within 8 miles and worth watching within 25.
Paste the whole portfolio in one go — one address per line, or a CSV; we geocode each row and show you what we found before it goes live. The app shows every unit’s status, the fire driving it, and when it was last checked. There is no daily “all clear” email: silence means nothing changed, and the last-checked time is always on screen, so silence is never ambiguous.
How it works
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Paste your addresses
One per line, or a CSV. We geocode each one and show you what we found before it goes live.
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We check the federal feed
Every 15 minutes, each address is compared with the NIFC WFIGS incident list and its mapped perimeters, plus NASA FIRMS satellite heat matched to those incidents. What is not reported to that feed, we cannot see — sources, rules and limits.
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You get an email you can act on
It names the fire, its reported size, the measured distance, the rule that made it a watch or a threat, and the official incident source. The app shows when each place was last checked.
Pricing
Most rental portfolios fit Pro: 250 units, email and text alerts, CSV in and out.
Pro
$99/mo
250 locations
Starter
$29/mo
25 locations
14-day trial on paid tiers, one per customer; annual billing takes two months off. The free tier covers 3 locations, no card. Full pricing and every plan. Starting a trial means you accept the terms.
Data and limits
Data: NIFC WFIGS incident locations and perimeters, NASA FIRMS satellite heat matched to those incidents, refreshed every 15 minutes. Watch reports what that feed lists; it cannot see a fire that has not been reported to it, and mapped perimeters can lag the ground by hours. Status (watch / threat) is a rule on each listed fire’s size and measured distance, shown in full in the app and on the trust page. Watch supplements — never replaces — official emergency alerts. Awareness only; always follow local authorities.
If you got a link from us
We sometimes prepare a real Watch account for a business we would like to show it to — your addresses, or a clearly labelled sample list — and email the link. Nothing is charged and nothing else is emailed until you open it; one reply stops any further mail. How Watch works, what it cannot see, and who runs it.
Watch is also used by: Property managers · HOAs & community managers · Insurance agencies — or see everything Watch does.