This App Is Saving People's Lives In The LA Fires — And It Might Help Yours, Too
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This real-time wildfire alert app added 600,000 new users in one day this week.
As wildfires and windstorms continue to devastate neighborhoods across Southern California, residents need to know where fires are headed in order to make the quick decisions that will save their families’ lives.
And for many, Watch Duty, a nonprofit app run by over 150 volunteers, is the answer. The wildfire-tracking service notifies users in real-time about local fires. Grateful Californians have said the app is “my Valium,” and its pings notifying users of approaching firefighters lets them breathe a “sigh of relief.”
As of Wednesday, Watch Duty, launched in 2021, has replaced ChatGPT as the top-downloaded free app in the Apple store. Watch Duty CEO John Mills confirmed to The Los Angeles Times that it had 7.2 million yearly active users in 2024 and it added 600,000 new users in one day this week.
How Watch Duty Works
The app is available for Android and iOS. You can also use its service on a desktop.
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