Watch Duty

Nonprofit real-time wildfire (and flood) tracking and alert app combining official data with human monitoring by volunteer firefighters and dispatchers. · Sonoma, CA

$9.2MTotal funding3Investors2021Founded

Investors

Google.org
Undisclosed foundation
California Community Foundation

Funding rounds

Grant — $2M · 2024 · led by Google.org

Grant — $1M · 2024 · led by Undisclosed foundation

Individual donations (philanthropic, FY2024) — $600k · 2024-12

Grants & donations (philanthropic, FY2025) — $5.6M · 2025-12

Founders & leadership

John Clarke Mills — Co-founder & CEO
David Merritt — Co-founder & CTO

People

John Clarke MillsCo-founder & CEO, Watch Duty
David MerrittCo-founder & CTO, Watch Duty

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