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

The app saw a surge in users this week with nearly 2 million downloads from Los Angeles area residents, nearly doubling its ...

As winds continue to fan multiple fires across the Los Angeles region, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories are ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Watch Duty is a wildfire tracking app that gives live updates for safe evacuation routes and information about emergency ...

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 ...