As wildfires continue to devastate communities across Southern California, one service is working overtime to keep residents informed − and safe. John Mills, CEO and co-founder of Watch Duty, said ...

This story was originally published by NPR on Sept. 25, 2024. As climate change contributes to longer wildfire seasons and increases the likelihood of destructive fires, more people in Western states ...

Just weeks into the new year in California, 300-plus wildfires have left a trail of devastation and at least 29 lives lost. The devastation raises a question about emergency response: Why didn’t some ...

Watch Duty has added 750,000 users in the last 12 hours, as L.A. residents rely on it for real-time information to track the wildfires around them. Early on Wednesday morning, as the Eaton fire ...

LOS ANGELES — As L.A. County fires continue to wreak havoc, a fire-tracking app run by a Bay Area nonprofit is gaining popularity. Watch Duty, launched in 2021, combines publicly available maps of ...

For days, horrific wildfires have torn through Los Angeles, and they are still raging. The Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles have moved so fast that people have been stuck in their homes or had ...

“Download Watch Duty” has become a common refrain across online discussions centered around the recent wind-fueled firestorms in Los Angeles. Watch Duty is a free wildfire alert app and its mission of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a wildfire continues to spread in Apple Valley, one service is working overtime to keep residents informed − and safe: Watch ...

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 ...