When Fires Rage, Millions Turn to Watch Duty. Meet the Guy Who Made It
Watch Duty proved indispensable during the recent LA wildfires. John Mills, the app’s creator, wants it to be the one place ...
Opinion
Opinion: No one should need the Watch Duty app. As fires near, officials should communicate better
L ast fall, a relatively unknown app called Watch Duty beat out Open AI, TikTok and Instagram to become the most downloaded iPhone app in the country. But Watch Duty wasn’t a ve ...
CBS News28d
How Watch Duty became an essential app during the Los Angeles wildfires
Instead, L.A. residents flocked to Watch Duty, an app which shows real ... data and verified by a team of fire fact-checkers. "Sending errant emergency alerts is a quick way to erode trust ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat29d
What to know about the Watch Duty app and how to sign up
Users can get alerts about fire activity and updates for fires ... Users can download Watch Duty as an app from your phone’s app store or go to its website, watchduty.org. You don’t need ...
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Watch Duty founder explains the benefits of the wildfire app for LA residents
Watch Duty, an app designed to alert citizens of nearby wildfires has ... “They have a lot of experience either on the fire ground or listening to fire service radios for a very long time ...
PBS21d
Meet the small team behind the Watch Duty app giving life-saving wildfire updates
Ever since the deadly wildfires began in Los Angeles two weeks ago, residents have largely turned to one app for ... time before Watch Duty existed, when I went through my first fire in 2020 ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat29d
How Santa Rosa-based app Watch Duty became an indispensable tool during Los Angeles' wildfires
Sensor Tower, a leading aggregator of mobile app download data ... satellites and official alerts from law enforcement and fire agencies. Watch Duty waits for confirmation from on-scene ...
Watch Duty CEO Honored at American Cinematheque Event: “‘Hero’ is Something I Find Hard to Bear”
John Clarke Mills, the man behind the wildfire alert app that kept millions of Angelenos informed, was presented an award by Steve Guttenberg, who was also active in helping during the Palisades fire.
KTLA19d
Co-founder of life-saving ‘Watch Duty’ app awarded for heroism in SoCal fires
‘Watch Duty’ co-founder John Mills became an Unsung Hero Award recipient on Friday after his emergency alert app helped thousands ... during the Palisades Fire after videos showing the actor ...
Los Angeles Times17d
Opinion: No one should need the Watch Duty app. As fires near, officials should communicate better
Last fall, a relatively unknown app called Watch Duty beat out Open AI ... guess the exact location of the fire and the direction it’s heading. Confusing alerts — such as those that lack ...
AOL28d
How Watch Duty became an essential app during the L.A. wildfires
Instead, L.A. residents flocked to Watch Duty, an app which shows real ... data and verified by a team of fire fact-checkers. "Sending errant emergency alerts is a quick way to erode trust ...