At all hours of the day and night, our team is showing up for their neighbors- whether that means next door or thousands of miles away. 💛

In disaster and emergency response work, the pressure doesn’t stop when the flames go out or the alerts end. Watch Duty has partnered with BetterHelp to provide free, unlimited mental health services for every employee AND volunteer on our team.

Every time a Watch Duty alert goes out, there are real people on the other side: "It empowers people to make decisions" "It's not a tech platform, it's a people platform" "This is accessible to EVERYBODY" Thank you, Watch Duty community. Your support allow us to be a lifeline for millions of people.

A huge year by any measure: ➡️ 16 million+ people reached with Watch Duty alerts

Direct Relief and @watchduty.org partner to expand access to real-time emergency information, helping communities find care and critical resources during disasters. bit.ly/3MS7uX1

When you take a filming break from interviewing fire survivors to give a Watch Duty tutorial…

Annie knows first-hand that you can be looking at an apocalyptic scene, right in your neighbor's yard, and still not be able to process that your home is at risk. Nobody should have to rely on looking and guessing - you deserve clear, tangible information to make the right safety decisions.

You said it better than we can - Watch Duty is now in all 50 states, here's what our users have to say:

Dealing with the 'noise' of social media and messages is making emergencies harder for everyone - even firefighters. We're taking the guesswork out and digesting information for you.

29 million U.S. households will face power outages next year, most lasting more than six hours. When the power goes out, communication breaks down and information becomes scattered. Watch Duty now helps close those gaps with free, nationwide power outage monitoring and alerts...

What is a Watch Duty 'reporter'? It's the real humans immersing themselves in every possible source to understand how a fire is evolving. Our team is made up of active and retired wildland firefighters, dispatchers, first responders, and reporters, digesting everything...

Imagine the feeling of looking out the window, thinking you smell incense, and seeing your neighbor's house on fire. Here's Steve's story and how Watch Duty is changing this experience for millions of people.

Whoa - we are speechless to have Cofounder and CEO John Clarke Mills included in this year's Top 10 Essential @ted.com Talks! This one is for the folks who don't take 'no' for an answer when lives are at stake. Watch the Top 10 at www.ted.com/playlists/89...

When the Tubbs Fire ripped through Rich's neighborhood in 2017, it quickly became one of the most destructive in California history. Rich's neighbor Joan was in her bed. She didn't hear the sirens, and she didn't receive an alert.

If you live in a fire prone area of the US, i would recommend downloading this app to stay current during fire incidents & fire season. Its a great app, even in the free version.

This is how we stay ahead of fires in our area, and they just expanded their coverage to nationwide. I'm so excited to hear more people will have access.

Very uplifting 5 min. TED talk!

“We’re transforming how disaster information is shared by putting people first, not profit. Expanding Watch Duty nationwide ensures no one faces disaster in the dark” - John Mills, Co-Founder & CEO Watch Duty is a nonprofit organization. We’re supported by donors both big and small whether it’s...

When fires started spreading in Jennifer’s community, misinformation ran wild. She’d stay up all night trying to triangulate official sources against Facebook posts. When Watch Duty launched, we took the burden off her plate and her nervous system could finally rest.

“When a wildfire breaks out, every second counts.” Watch Cofounder & CEO John Clarke Mills’s powerful @ted.com Talk on the life-or-death gaps in emergency alerts – and how Watch Duty is challenging the status quo.

Watch Duty is among @inc.com’s Best in Business of 2025! As a winner in both Best in Innovation and Best in Social Good categories, we know nothing big happens alone. Every achievement, we earn together...

ICYMI Watch Duty is expanding to all 50 U.S. states to make sure that every community has access to verified, real-time wildfire information. In the past four years, we’ve gone from supporting a few counties in California, to millions of users across 22 states, to now the entirety of the U.S. (1/2)

This is huge. And underscores the growing reality and risk of wildfire across the United States. bsky.app/profile/watc...

When you're faced with an emergency like a wildfire, where do you turn for information? As of today, everyone across 50 U.S. states can now rely on Watch Duty: Simple, clear, actionable alerts backed by a powerhouse team that combines cutting-edge technology with nonstop human monitoring.