Watch Duty App Provides Real-Time Wildfire Tracking Amidst California Fires

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Watch Duty App Provides Real-Time Wildfire Tracking Amidst California Fires
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Amidst devastating wildfires in California, the non-profit app Watch Duty is proving invaluable. The app offers real-time updates on wildfire locations, evacuation zones, and safety tips, providing crucial information to those affected by the disaster.

California is currently dealing with some of the most destructive wildfires in the state's history. Five people have been killed so far, and more than 2,000 buildings have been burned in Los Angeles alone, according to The Los Angeles Times. The situation is ongoing, and there's an app that has everything you need to know during a fire emergency, including how to track the wildfires in California in real-time. Watch Duty is a nonprofit app that tracks wildfires with live maps and alerts.

Here's how Watch Duty works so you can track the wildfires in California in real-time: • A 911 dispatch center receives a call about a vegetation fire • Its automated monitoring system hears that 911 dispatch and alerts its team in Slack • All available Watch Duty reporters in that region begin monitoring their radio scanners, wildfire cameras, satellites, and other public sources • The team vets all available information and awaits for on-scene personnel to give an official report on...

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