About: The Smoke Sense mobile app is designed to pilot a citizen science study about
the impacts of wildfire smoke exposure on health. Citizen scientists can use the
app to learn about wildland fires and smoke health risks in their area.
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What is EPA Smoke Sense?
The Smoke Sense mobile app is a citizen science study that aims to determine the impacts of wildfire smoke exposure on health. The app allows users to learn about wildland fires and smoke health risks in their area, report their health symptoms, and earn badges for their participation. The data gathered through the app will help EPA researchers and communities develop health risk communication methods during smoke days.
- Provides information about wildland fires and smoke health risks in the user's area
- Allows users to report their health symptoms and actions taken to improve their health condition or lower their exposure
- Offers badges to users for their participation
- Helps EPA researchers and communities determine the impacts of wildfire smoke exposure on health
- Provides insights needed to develop health risk communication methods during smoke days
- Findings from the study will be peer-reviewed for scientific publication and published on the EPA website
- Public health officials and air quality managers can use the results to develop strategies to protect public health from wildland fire smoke
- User identities will be anonymous and non-identifiable
- The app will go offline temporarily for updates at the end of the study.
- Invaluable tool for monitoring air quality during wildfires
- Map feature is helpful for determining areas with cleaner air
- Useful for monitoring air quality on a daily basis
- Potential for an additional feature for prescribed fire alerts and preparatory information
By dandelion greens
I’ve downloaded and filled in my info 4 times now and it still doesnt work. The first time it glitched out and had me refill everything, then EPASmokeSense loaded what Im guessing is the home page and then dissapeared. I tried opening it again and it did the same thing. Deleted EPASmokeSense and repeat fill in, same thing happened, tried one last time and same problem. The worst part is I downloaded EPASmokeSense because my house is currently surrounded by fired in every direction and I wanted to try and map a safe driving route in case we get evacuated. If there was a negative stars option Id choose that! Worst app for an emergency!
By MikkiG
I don’t know if it’s a good app or not because it wouldn’t allow me to access anything without giving my own personal information to become part of their research study. At last not as far as I could tell. Delete.
By callmemeghan
My boyfriend works for the company that made EPASmokeSense on behalf of the EPA.
It has been an invaluable tool for monitoring our air quality during the Sonoma and Napa fires. It helped us determine where we should go to find cleaner air to help with asthma and pets. A big thank you to the EPA and to Sonoma Technology Inc!
By jojothedogboy
In the last few weeks we've had a few fires near us and each time I've been able to use EPASmokeSense to help guide my family's outdoor activitie choices. The map feature is the best!
By L.Reviews
A previous reviewer reported crashes after loading. Works fine for me!
By Delia's Mum
Filled in all my info, immediately crashed. Reopened EPASmokeSense . Crashed again. Deleted, redownloaded, reentered my info. Crashed. Reopened. Crashed. Reopened. Crashed. Deleted and do not plan to download again unless they fix it. I couldn’t access any information, because after being open for half a second it crashes. Useless.
By CampFire123
Have been attempting to use his app for a few days and it takes nearly 2 minutes to load then crashes shortly after opening. I was really looking forward to using this tool as I have been dealing with severe smoke conditions from the Camp Fire and was hoping to utilize EPASmokeSense to find safe places to escape out of the smoke.
By mine734us
Super hard on the iPhone 8. Slows everything down. Only way to restore the phone is to manually close EPASmokeSense . Kinda cool when it works but often crashes and slooooow.
By Bikenpdx
Upon opening EPASmokeSense I am asked to consent to a study that is supposed to be voluntary but you don't get an option to opt out. I agreed and filled out the survey. Then EPASmokeSense crashes. Try opening again and it continues to crash. Same thing over and over. Don't download EPASmokeSense . Waste of time.
By Thomspeng
Rated one star because after I completed their survey, EPASmokeSense will not stay open. I haven’t been able to see anything. We are affected by the horrible 2020 fires in Oregon and this sounded like it would be helpful. Running on a gen 6 iPad.
By The Faj
The mandatory questionnaire is weird, but it’s better than the AIRNow app. Good data, really bad design.
I quickly tapped some random buttons on the questionnaire to get it to disappear. I wouldn’t trust any data gathered by EPASmokeSense for a scientific publication of findings.
Update: how did it get worse?? Do you guys test before releasing? Or just “it builds—ship it!”
By midwest fires
We need more prescribed fire to reduce the occurrence of wildfires. Another addition of EPASmokeSense for prescribed fire would be very useful. Locations with national parks/fire dependent eco-regions that routinely use controlled fires would benefit from an app that provides alerts and preparatory information.
By gsjskibum
Understanding what the forecast for the air quality is tomorrow was my primary reason for downloading EPASmokeSense, and it doesn’t appear to do that. So seems like a useless app for me.
By Argh! 9876321
I was into the second or third screen before I realized I had been asked to report on days that hadn't happened yet.
Then you can't get out of the questionnaire.
By Gene259
I was really glad to Find EPASmokeSense as it allowed me to monitor the air-quality here in the Coachella Valley on a daily basis. It was great for about three weeks but it has now just stopped working altogether. Keeps telling me I need to add ZIP Code to my profile (which I had already done) and when it tries to access the profile page EPASmokeSense then just shuts down. Been like that for days on end now. Tried deleting it and re-downloading it-got exactly the same result.
By John Taxpayer
EPASmokeSense doesn’t work. It crashes immediately after opening. I’ve deleted and reinstalled it.
By Fierceturtle
I was excited to use EPASmokeSense but after filling out the intro survey it crashes each time I try to open it. I am looking forward to using it when this issue is fixed!
By sopranomommy
EPASmokeSense is helpful when it works, but it doesn’t work most of the time. It only shows smoke plumes 20% of the time. Right now it is totally frozen and won’t do anything.
By StringF
EPASmokeSense is all about data gathering about your personal information. Do not recommend
By CarefulDad
Just tediously long survey to support someone’s pet research project. I was jut looking for government funded real time reports so the I can avoid lung damage from wildfire smoke. I hope this junk wasn’t funded by my tax dollars.
Yes. EPA Smoke Sense is quiet safe to use but use with caution. This is based on our NLP (Natural language processing) analysis of over 59 User Reviews sourced from the Appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 2.3/5 . Justuseapp Safety Score for EPA Smoke Sense Is 21.7/100.
Yes. EPA Smoke Sense is legit, but not 100% legit to us. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 59 EPA Smoke Sense User Reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, Justuseapp Legitimacy Score for EPA Smoke Sense Is 58.3/100..
EPA Smoke Sense works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or Contact Support.
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