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During a wildfire, every second counts #TEDTalks
During a wildfire, every second counts #TEDTalks
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Right now, most emergency alert systems
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struggle to keep up with how fast and
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unpredictable wildfires have become. But
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after experiencing a wildfire himself,
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tech pioneer John Mills realized
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something surprising that everyday
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people were sharing real time fire
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information faster than most official
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systems. So he pulled together ham radio
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operators, volunteer engineers, even
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first responders to create Watchd Duty,
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a realtime fire alert app that helps
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communities get critical information
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right away. And almost immediately upon
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launching, it started working.
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>> Just a few days later after launch, a
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wind- driven fire blew through a mobile
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home park in Lake County, incinerating
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everything in its path. Our alerts beat
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the government by 41 minutes, giving
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thousands of residents critical moments
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to evacuate when every second counts.
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>> Today, millions of people use this app
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during wildfire season, including
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emergency responders and firefighters
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themselves. So, if you live in an area
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that frequently gets wildfires, this
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might be useful to you. But the good
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news is Mills isn't stopping with just
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wildfires. He's expanding this alert
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system so that more people around the
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world have access to the information
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they need to keep their homes, their
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families, even their communities safe.
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>> This is just the beginning because we
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are expanding to all natural disasters
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because people are dying needlessly
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without any warning. We are proof that a
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small group of thoughtful, committed
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citizens can change the
