“Monitor Wildfires, Prescribed Burns, and Flooding”
“Active Fire Perimeters and Evacuation Orders”
“Live Doppler Radar with Futurecast”
“Wind, Weather Stations, and AQI”
“Situational Awareness When it Matters”
“Real-Time Fire Fighting Flight Tracker”
“View Private Land Ownership and Property Lines”
“Explore Critical Infrastructure”
A closer look at the screenshots
Fire, prescribed-burn, and home pins fill a West Coast map, showing several marker types together.
Acreage and containment details accompany a red evacuation-order card, giving the warning visual priority.
Coloured radar areas and a time scrubber make changing weather the main visual.
Wind and air-quality badges appear across the map beside a detailed weather-station readout.
The open layer panel lists fire boundaries, hotspots, flights, and cameras, exposing the map's controls.
The flight view identifies a tanker and displays its altitude and speed.
Parcel labels sit over satellite imagery, connecting ownership information to visible land.
A selected power line reveals its owner and voltage class, showing detail for an individual mapped asset.
About this app
Watch Duty is the only disaster mapping and alert app powered by real people giving you real-time information on wildfires and floods vetted by trained professionals, not robots or AI. While many other apps rely solely on government alerts, which can often be delayed, Watch Duty provides up-to-the-minute, life-saving information through a dedicated team of active and retired firefighters, dispatchers, first responders, and reporters who monitor radio scanners around the clock. We aim to keep you informed and safe with real-time updates and alerts. Disaster Tracking Features: - Push notifications about nearby safety impacting floods, wildfires, and firefighting or emergency response efforts - Real-time updates as conditions change - Evacuation orders & shelter information - Active fire perimeters and progress - Flash flood warnings and threat levels - Current and projected river gauge flooding levels - Infrared satellite hotspots from VIIRS and MODIS - Wind speed and direction - Power outage size and estimated resolution time - Historical wildfire perimeters - Air quality readings - Street and satellite maps - Air attack and air tanker flight tracker - Save locations for quick access on the map Watch Duty is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our service will always remain free of charge and free of ads. You can support our mission with a $25/year membership, which grants access to special features as a token of our appreciation. Disclaimer: Watch Duty is not affiliated with any government agency. The information provided in this app is sourced from publicly available and trusted sources, including but not limited to government agencies, radio transmissions, and satellite data. Specific government sources include: - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: https://www.noaa.gov/ - VIIRS: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/viirs - MODIS: https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov - National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC): https://www.nifc.gov - California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE): https://www.fire.ca.gov - California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES): https://www.caloes.ca.gov - National Weather Service (NWS): https://www.weather.gov/ - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): https://www.epa.gov/ - Bureau of Land Management: https://www.blm.gov/ - Department of Defense: https://www.defense.gov/ - National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/ - US Fish and Wildlife Service: https://www.fws.gov/ - US Forest Service: https://www.fs.usda.gov/ For more information or support, feel free to contact us at support.watchduty.org. Privacy Policy: https://www.watchduty.org/legal/privacy-policy
Headlines in this set
8 screenshots · 8 with a headline
“Monitor Wildfires, Prescribed Burns, and Flooding”
The three named event types define what the app monitors without relying on a broad safety slogan.
“Active Fire Perimeters and Evacuation Orders”
The headline distinguishes mapped fire boundaries from evacuation instructions.
“Live Doppler Radar with Futurecast”
“Live” and “Futurecast” distinguish current radar from the forecast view.
“Wind, Weather Stations, and AQI”
The compact list names three data sources a reader can look for in the map.
“Situational Awareness When it Matters”
“Situational awareness” describes the purpose of combining map layers, but the wording is less direct than naming them.
“Real-Time Fire Fighting Flight Tracker”
The headline specifies firefighting aircraft, making clear which flights the tracker covers.
“View Private Land Ownership and Property Lines”
“Ownership” and “property lines” identify two related pieces of land information.
“Explore Critical Infrastructure”
“Explore” invites map browsing, while “critical infrastructure” introduces a category beyond weather and fires.
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