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‘All Hands on Deck’: How Watch Duty Keeps Up With the California Wildfires

While the destructive Los Angeles fires rage, all eyes have turned to the app that lets you track them. WIRED spoke with Watch Duty founder John Mills about how the platform has met the moment.

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How Watch Duty became the go-to wildfire app to track L.A. wildfires

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.

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Watch Duty wildfire map: App helps track blazes, find shelter. What to know.

An automated monitoring system picks up the details about an incident reported to the emergency dispatch center, alerting Watch Duty teams via a messaging app, then any and all Watch Duty reporters in the region begin to monitor radio scanners, wildfire cameras, satellites and other public sources.

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Los Angeles residents turn to Watch Duty app for rapid wildfire updates

Los Angeles residents are turning to a free nonprofit-run app called Watch Duty to help them navigate the chaos caused by the ...

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The app everyone is using to track the Palisades Fire got its start in the Bay Area woods

Watch Duty, born in the Bay Area woods and based in Santa Rosa, is humming with new users amid Los Angeles’ destructive ...

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Watch Live: Officer Michael Horan to be laid to rest after being killed in the line of duty

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

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