Watch Duty
@watchduty.org
Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.
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.
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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.
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.
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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.
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.
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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 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.
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“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 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.
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)
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)
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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)
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)