Listen to Nick Russell, our VP of Operations, talk about Watch Duty's past, present, and future with Steve Wolf (@StuntScience) from Team Wildfire.

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We’d like to officially welcome #FireForward , Audubon Canyon Ranch, and @TheFirePoppy as our first prescribed fire burn bosses to post directly on Watch Duty!

We're honored to help them steward our lands and tell the story of #GoodFire and how it keep us and our environment safer.

Our team at Watch Duty is looking for more passionate volunteers outside California who want to bring their communities accurate, timely information on wildfires.

Head to watchduty.org/volunteer if this is you!

Watch Duty now has detailed power outage information for the entire state of California from Pacific Gas & Electric, SCE, SDG&E, and more. You can find this layer in the ‘Layers’ tab on the top right of the map, starting in version 2024.4.18.

Over the coming years and months we will be

We’d like to thank Mender for generously donating their world class Over-the-Air (OTA) software so we can deploy, monitor, and maintain our remote radio listening network that we call 'Echo'.

Learn more: mender.io/resources/case…

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Did you know that many registered prescribed burns will show up on our map up to 48 hours in advance of ignition?

We’re pleased to introduce new satellite and topographic maps as well as an updated interface and huge performance improvements!

Our updated maps have high-contrast colors for easier navigation, larger street labels for better legibility, and proper highway signs to help you

Did you know there are grants available to help with forest management and wildfire mitigation? 

Our CEO discusses living in the wildlands and stewarding a forest with thinning and prescribed fire. youtu.be/J-aSpXiJw6I

#BREAKING : Watch Duty has emergency deployed in Texas ahead of schedule due to the horrific wind-driven fires in the #Texas Panhandle. We can’t sit idly by and watch another town overrun by wildfire without giving communities life-saving information needed to make informed

.CityofGrantsPass Battalion Chief Brandon rigaud discusses protecting his community and how Watch Duty plays a vital role.

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Our team at Watch Duty plans to bring wildfire coverage to Texas and Hawaii this year! But to do this, we need dedicated volunteer reporters who can bring their communities accurate, actionable information.

Learn more and apply:

watchduty.org/volunteer

We started off 2023 with ambitious goals for the year – expand beyond California, hire a full-time team, become financially self-sufficient, and continue to improve our best-in-class emergency alerting service. In 2021 and 2022, we had no budget or full-time staff, yet as a team