After LA fires, Senate President Mike McGuire proposes full-time firefighters to replace the current seasonal workforce ...

Funded in 2021, the Watch Duty wildfire alert application has grown from covering three California counties to covering 1,400 ...

As multiple wildfires burned in Los Angeles County, Kyle Jeong came back to his dorm to find his roommate switching between ...

When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad ...

Both women have been with Watch Duty since its early days in 2020. But both were involved in fire safety well before the app launch, having been motivated by a shortage of information about wildfires ...

Watch Duty’s success raises questions about why citizen-led tech is outpacing government emergency response efforts. The company’s co-founder explores the lessons agencies can learn from this ...

Fire spotters used to watch with binoculars from forest towers. Now, technology can help forecast fire behavior, but human ...