FEMA
Description
The official FEMA mobile app provides essential tools and information to help you prepare for, stay safe during, and recover from disasters. Empower yourself and your loved ones with critical resources at your fingertips. Key Features: - Timely and Relevant Alerts: Receive real-time weather and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS) and Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), tailored to your specified locations (up to five), utilizing zip code precision. Stay informed about potential hazards affecting the areas you care about. - Comprehensive Preparedness Guidance: Access clear, concise information on how to prepare for various disasters. Learn how to develop a family emergency communication plan and build an effective emergency kit. - Actionable Safety Advice: Understand immediate steps to take to protect yourself and your family during different types of emergencies. - Disaster Recovery Assistance: Find answers to frequently asked questions about the disaster assistance process and locate FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers nearby. - Accessibility Focused: Designed with accessibility in mind, the app is compatible with screen reader technology and adheres to federal accessibility standards. Be proactive in ensuing your safety and resilience. Download the official FEMA App today to access vital information and resources when you need them most. It’s a free and essential tool for every individual and family. If you have any questions, comments or ideas, we’d love to hear them. Contact us at fema-app@fema.dhs.gov. Important: Tornado alerts are a moving target using polygon tracking for accuracy. Real-time tornado alerts based on your current location are not currently offered in the FEMA app.
What's New
Introducing targeted messaging in the FEMA app. This new feature allows FEMA to send timely, localized updates and important information to users based on their main location, helping deliver more relevant communication during emergencies. For questions or comments, please reach out: fema-app@fema.dhs.gov
Details
- Developer
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Main Category
- Weather
- Version
- 3.2
- Version Release
- 2026-06-01
- Initial Release
- 2011-10-25
- Size
- 19 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- gov.fema.mobile.ios.FEMA
- Version Rating
- ★ 3.67 (1,024)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-07-19
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
Free Rankings
Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — Weather Top 10
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| 54 | FEMA | Free | ★ 3.67 | 1,024 | 1 | 2026-06-01 |
User Reviews
While you don’t win warnings from FEMA, it’s good to be warned.
Open this during a blackout and that bright white background will be a shock to the retinas. Also, a dark background can offer some battery savings so it’s logical to implement a dark mode. The Environment Canada app has dark mode. Why doesn’t FEMA?
I have had this app on my phone for a long time and always appreciated the warnings However, this version keeps crashing and going blank Since I am currently under an active tornado watch it’s frustrating and scary
This app is great for weather alerts. However, even if I turn certain alerts off, they still come through. I get inundated with way too many notifications that I quit paying attention. Definitely not ideal for an emergency application. Just show me tornados. 🙄🌪️
I get notifications about alerts but they do not show up in the app, so I can’t see the actual contents of the alerts.
I have downloaded several different weather apps over the years. They often come with video ads, especially lately. The FEMA app is different. I’ve not encountered any ads thus far! There are only two apps that currently provide me with the alerts I find helpful: this FEMA and another one. I think I’m actually going to delete the other app because it has ads and the FEMA app works so well! Despite living outside the city limits, this app appears to be accurate. Enjoy!
Storm had passed. Alert says hail 10pm but not visible on radar
This app has been very timely, warning me about upcoming weather. It has given me time to alert my family and friends in preparation for upcoming events.
Very up to date and responsive
Thank you for the great design and the information that the app always contains. I appreciate every notification I get, and I take them seriously. It’s not ad driven, and one of the government departments and this application I’m happy to pay my taxes for. Great job to the developers for a well written app. Thank you again!!! You got my 5 stars!
Help! In Alaska, where weather can change several times a day, I’ve always depended on FEMA alerts for details on what to expect. But lately when I get notifications of events such as “severe weather warning” and I open the app, I’m told there are “no active alerts.” How can I get essential details on these weather warnings?
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