The app provides users with real-time fire perimeters ... County because of the Walbridge Fire in 2020, he kept his ear to the ground, listening for any and all updates related to the fire.

When he was forced to evacuate from his home west of Healdsburg in northern California's Sonoma County because of the Walbridge ... for any and all updates related to the fire.

Watch Duty, launched in 2021, combines publicly available maps ... the Cal Fire website — with shelter locations, National Weather Service alerts and real-time text, photo and video updates ...

The main map platform is Watch Duty’s most ... Sometimes, the platform shows acreage updates before they land on Cal Fire’s website. The huge influx of new users — which included 600,000 ...

During the 2020 Walbridge Fire, which burned to the edge of his property, he relied on Facebook groups for updates and wondered if there was a better way to share information. Since its launch ...

With the explosion of fires across the L.A. area, tracking app Watch Duty, which has 7.2 million active users annually, told The Times it counted 600,000 new sign-ups in the last 24 hours.

Ever since the deadly wildfires began in Los Angeles two weeks ago, residents have largely turned to one app for the most up-to-date information. It’s called Watch Duty and Stephanie Sy spoke to two ...