What is a Watch Duty 'reporter'? It's the real humans immersing themselves in every possible source to understand how a fire is evolving. Our team is made up of active and retired wildland firefighters, dispatchers, first responders, and reporters, digesting everything...

Imagine the feeling of looking out the window, thinking you smell incense, and seeing your neighbor's house on fire. Here's Steve's story and how Watch Duty is changing this experience for millions of people.

Whoa - we are speechless to have Cofounder and CEO John Clarke Mills included in this year's Top 10 Essential @ted.com Talks!

This one is for the folks who don't take 'no' for an answer when lives are at stake.

Watch the Top 10 at www.ted.com/playlists/89...

When the Tubbs Fire ripped through Rich's neighborhood in 2017, it quickly became one of the most destructive in California history. Rich's neighbor Joan was in her bed. She didn't hear the sirens, and she didn't receive an alert.

“We’re transforming how disaster information is shared by putting people first, not profit. Expanding Watch Duty nationwide ensures no one faces disaster in the dark” - John Mills, Co-Founder & CEO

Watch Duty is a nonprofit organization. We’re supported by donors both big and small whether it’s...

When fires started spreading in Jennifer’s community, misinformation ran wild. She’d stay up all night trying to triangulate official sources against Facebook posts. When Watch Duty launched, we took the burden off her plate and her nervous system could finally rest.

“When a wildfire breaks out, every second counts.”
Watch Cofounder & CEO John Clarke Mills’s powerful @ted.com Talk on the life-or-death gaps in emergency alerts – and how Watch Duty is challenging the status quo.

Watch Duty is among @inc.com’s Best in Business of 2025! As a winner in both Best in Innovation and Best in Social Good categories, we know nothing big happens alone. Every achievement, we earn together...

ICYMI Watch Duty is expanding to all 50 U.S. states to make sure that every community has access to verified, real-time wildfire information.

In the past four years, we’ve gone from supporting a few counties in California, to millions of users across 22 states, to now the entirety of the U.S. (1/2)

If you're already part of the Watch Duty community, thank you for making this vision a reality.

If not, dive in. Download the app and share with friends and family for reliable information that can help keep them safe.

From radio scanners and wildfire cameras to government notices and social media posts, we rapidly vet information so you get a full picture of trusted information. Always free. No ads.

When you're faced with an emergency like a wildfire, where do you turn for information?

As of today, everyone across 50 U.S. states can now rely on Watch Duty: Simple, clear, actionable alerts backed by a powerhouse team that combines cutting-edge technology with nonstop human monitoring.