With our Fire Chief, Brian Fennessy, serving on Watch Duty’s Advisory Committee, the OCFA has been — and will continue to be — a proud partner and proponent of this non-profit organization that disseminates life-saving public safety information in real time.

When Regrid spent a year tracking structure fires in Detroit, we saw firsthand how vital accurate parcel data is for fire response. We're proud to support Watch Duty with parcel data everywhere they operate in the United States. #FireResponse #ParcelData #WildfireAlert

Please join us in welcoming former U.S. Fire Administrator, Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell (Dr. Lori Moore Merrell), to our advisory board. Lori served as the presidentially appointed U.S. Fire Administrator from October 2021 to January 2025. Prior to her appointment, Lori served as the President

We're thrilled to join San José State University's Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center) to advance wildfire resilience. Together we aim for the best outcomes before, during, and after wildfires by uniting expert research, cutting-edge technology, and policy.

Listen to our CEO & CTO speak with @Amazon CTO Werner Vogels Vogels about scaling our disaster platform to millions of hourly active users at 100,000 requests per second with a tiny team and even tinier budget. thefrugalarchitect.com/architects/joh…

We're thrilled to be named Fast Company's #1 most innovative non-profit of 2025! It's truly an honor to serve our community every day and to reimagine what a charity can look like. fastcompany.com/91269873/not-p…

Our prescribed fire data is now publicly available outside of Watch Duty through Esri's ArcGIS Online, providing valuable information to the public, fire services, and the research community.... watchduty.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html… By making this data openly accessible, we hope to support

First responder radio feeds from Broadcastify are now built into Watch Duty Pro! Whether you are an avid fire tracker or a first responder heading to an out-of-area incident, you can now find the most active radio feed and listen in to the fireground live. On your mobile

Short clip from Fire Country mentioning Watch Duty alerts

Today is World Superhero Day — and at Watch Duty, we know exactly who the real superheroes are — firefighters, dispatchers, first responders, and emergency managers. You don't wear capes — you wear turnouts, headsets, and radios — and you show up when it matters most. You risk

Last weekend, more than 60 members of the Watch Duty team—reporters, radio operators, and volunteers—traveled from across the American West to gather in Sonoma County, where Watch Duty first began. Together, we've spent countless nights tracking some of the most harrowing

🎉 Introducing Watch Duty Teams – a new way to manage your organization’s memberships with discounted pricing, starting at just 25 users! ⚪ Consolidated Billing and Invoicing: Manage all users (basic and pro) under one account with a single invoice, simplifying accounting and

Listen to our CEO talk about our past, present, and future on the Hotshot Wake Up Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3ynP5K… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

We’re honored to welcome Erin Gore, former CEO of World Central Kitchen, to Watch Duty as our new Chief Impact Officer. Erin’s leadership is rooted in humility and bold vision. She has a proven track record of turning ambitious ideas into global movements—grounded in speed, humanity, and

We're honored to receive this year's Apple Design Award for Social Impact. It is our honor to serve not only our communities, but first responders, emergency mangers, and the operators who risk their lives keep us safe 🫡 Thank you Apple and #WWDC25 for this recognition.

To the men and women of QUICK REACTION FORCE who battle California's deadliest wildfires, through the darkness of night, flying the heaviest rotor-wing aircraft through some of the toughest conditions on the planet, it's our distinct privilege to serve you 🫡

That moment when you're listening for the Incident Commander to give a size up and hear Watch Duty tone out in the background 😳 record.reverb.chat/s/jLGBS6qBjXPG…

We are truly honored to be named one of TIME’s Most Influential Companies of 2025 for our work during California’s historic Palisades and Eaton Fires. The outpouring of support and praise for our work is humbling—but make no mistake, awards are not why we do this. We do this