The app is run by a nonprofit nominally based in Sonoma County, but is staffed by a dozen employees and hundreds of ...

While the destructive Los Angeles fires rage, all eyes have turned to the app that lets you track them. WIRED spoke with ...

Watch Duty was created in 2021 by John Mills, the founder and CEO, who was inspired to build an app after experiencing ...

People are turning to online resources and smartphone app communities such as Watch Duty or Ring's "Neighbors" forum for ...

The app monitors fire-related developments by listening to radio scanners, reviewing wildlife cameras and satellite data, and ...

As multiple wildfires spread across Los Angeles, local have rushed to download the Watch Duty app to get the latest fire news ...

An automated monitoring system picks up the details about an incident reported to the emergency dispatch center, alerting ...

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 ...

A Greensboro police officer will be laid to rest today, just over two weeks after he was killed in the line of duty. Officer ...

Watch Duty, an app to track wildfires with live maps and alerts, has become the No. 1 free app in Apple's App Store as of ...

With the explosion of fires across the L.A. area, tracking app Watch Duty, which has 7.2 million active users annually, told ...

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