Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps App SupportSherwood Forestry Service, Inc.

Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps App Support

4.8
4.89004 star

Total 3,980 Ratings

What is Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps? Description of Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps

Watch Duty is the only wildfire mapping and alert app powered by real people giving you real-time information vetted by trained professionals, not robots. All other apps rely on only government alerts which can be hours late or flat out non-existent.

Watch Duty is run by active and retired firefighters, dispatchers, first responders, and reporters who monitor radio scanners in your area around the clock to bring you up-to-the-minute life saving information.

Wildfire tracking features:
- Push notifications about nearby wildfires and ongoing firefighting efforts
- Real-time updates as conditions change
- Active fire perimeters and progress
- Infrared satellite hotspot from VIIRS and MODIS
- Wind speed and direction
- Evacuation orders & shelter information
- Historical wildfire perimeters
- Street and satellite maps
- Air attack and air tanker flight tracker
- Saved locations on the map


Watch Duty is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that will always provide an unparalleled FREE service at no cost, forever. Our maps and alerting will always remain free but if you become a member for $25/year you will receive special features as a token of our appreciation. Your membership dues will support our free service for all and remain free of advertising or sponsorship.

If you’d like to drop us a line, learn more, or ask questions you can reach us anytime at support.watchduty.org. We’d love to hear from you.


  1. Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps App User Reviews
  2. Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps Pros
  3. Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps Cons
  4. Is Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps legit?
  5. Should I download Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps?
  6. Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps Screenshots
  7. Product details of Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps

Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps App User Reviews

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Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps Pros

A must haveMy father was a Fire Captain, as a child, he instilled the urgency to respect fire. From early on I feared and respected the flame and lived a cautious life from then to now. As an adult and living on the Paradise ridge, I became hyper vigilant and continually prepared for what was imminent. We lost our home in the Paradise Camp fire and have recently moved into our rebuilt home, I have high anxiety for fear of more fires. I can guarantee I’ll be living on Watch duty’s app. I used it last year while traveling while our home was being rebuilt so that I can warn loved ones who were on the ridge in case they were going to be effected by another event. Thank you so much for this amazing app, I’m grateful for all of you working to keep us safe continue to make Watch Duty an important tool..The Wild SierraVersion: 2023.5.10

IndispensableWatch Duty is one of those apps you’ve always said “hey wouldn’t it be great if..” well watch duty does that, it notifies you of any fire in your selected county(ies). It’s updated by many of the best “Fire Twitter” folks out there. When it’s a red flag day a quick notification can make a huge difference. Being able to quickly find evacuation zones, crews assigned or enroute is all valuable information with Watch Duty gives you. I’ve preached it’s value to friends, family and their I know in tech and media. An added bonus, the notifications will also come on your Apple Watch..SomerandomdorkVersion: 2022.8.8

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Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps Cons

Great app but…I loved this app. It does a great job for the most part at what it says. But after getting the same emergency notification for an area I did not follow nor live in (nor would the fire have had any physical impact on me or anyone within 40+ miles) about 12 times over a 24 hour period, even after turning notifications AND sound off, at all hours of the day. I removed the app cuz it was going off at 2am. I still received the same alerts twice the next day. The event it was notifying me about had been put out for 24 hours at this point but I was still getting the notification. I sent a support message to the app. The reply told me I didn’t know how to remove an app from my phone and that was it. The fact that I deleted the app and it was still able to take over my phone is concerning. Sorry I can’t recommend the app. No support for an actual problem and an email saying I’m dumb. Cool thanks. Tell your friends.AdamtdeVersion: 2023.7.24

No More NotificationsI got this app in the summer of 2022 after losing my home in the Peters Fire. It had worked great. The notifications were working very well and every fire was updated efficiently. Now, after the most recent update, the notifications don’t work. At. All. I’ve already checked the app’s notification switch as well as the IOS notification switch. Everything is on, but no notifications. So I’ll open up the app and see there’s a new fire in my county, but I wouldn’t have known because there was no notification. My parents are dealing with the same problem. Please fix this. I hate having to open up the app every 5 minutes to check rather than just waiting for a notifcarion..Camilla Lucia GambinoVersion: 2023.5.10

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Is Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps legit?

Yes. Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps is 100% legit to us. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 3,980 Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps user reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, AppSupports Legitimacy Score for Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps is 96.8/100.


Is Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps safe?

Yes. Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps is quiet safe to use. This is based on our NLP analysis of over 3,980 user reviews sourced from the IOS appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 4.8/5. AppSupports Safety Score for Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps is 97.3/100.


Should I download Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps?

There have been no security reports that makes Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps a dangerous app to use on your smartphone right now.


Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps Screenshots

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Product details of Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps

App Name:
Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps
App Version:
2024.3.21
Developer:
Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc.
Legitimacy Score:
96.8/100
Safety Score:
97.3/100
Content Rating:
4+ Contains no objectionable material!
Category:
News, Weather
Language:
EN   
App Size:
44.81 MB
Price:
Free
Bundle Id:
org.watchduty.app
Relase Date:
10 August 2021, Tuesday
Last Update:
26 March 2024, Tuesday - 18:18
Compatibility:
IOS 13.0 or later

Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps 2024.3.21 Update Note
✱ Version History

Reporting Formatting Improvements.

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