Watch Duty’s success raises questions about why citizen-led tech is outpacing government emergency response efforts. The company’s co-founder explores the lessons agencies can learn from this ...

Funded in 2021, the Watch Duty wildfire alert application has grown from covering three California counties to covering 1,400 ...

The Watch Duty app's fire fact-checkers brought reliable information to Los Angeles residents during a week of chaos.

The main map platform is Watch Duty’s most obvious ... as usual” for Watch Duty as climate change boosts fire risks. Mills, a former Silicon Valley founder and executive, moved off the ...

The service uses information gathered from first responders, radio scanners, wildfire cameras, and satellites to deliver up-to-date information on wildfires. Watch Duty was created in 2021 by a ...

As multiple wildfires spread across Los Angeles, local have rushed to download the Watch Duty app to get the latest fire news and maps. Here’s how it works.

we don't publish people's or firefighter's names,” Mills said. The information is gathered from official sources and radio communications, including the map which comes from fire sources.

Volunteers help source information to the service, which gives updates on wildfires and sends out alerts on threats to life and property.

The picture is perfectly intact, not singed or torn, yet it seems to represent an entire universe of loss. Staring at the photo, a piece of family history scattered by the same winds that fuel the Los ...

Mr. Mills operates the app through a nonprofit ... Cara Mia DiMassa said she and her neighbors used the app’s map to track the Eaton Fire, which spared her home but destroyed the Altadena ...

Ever since the deadly wildfires began in Los Angeles two weeks ago, residents have largely turned to one app for the most up-to-date information. It’s called Watch Duty and Stephanie Sy spoke to two ...