How a wildfire monitoring app became essential in the US west

It's Watch Duty. No link given a The Guardian, so here it is:

https://www.watchduty.org/

I highly recommend Ready for Wildfire, by CalFire. It gives instructions on how to make your home safer, and detailed steps to prepare for, and carry off, an evacuation.

https://readyforwildfire.org/

Arguably, an urban fire is different from a rural wildfire, but the same precautions apply. Urban fires, are IMO, more likely to encounter traffic jams, as happened in the Oakland Hills fire and the Paradise/Camp fire. So from the CalFire site:

> If fire officials suggest evacuating, it’s best to leave right away. This helps you avoid danger and keeps roads clear for firefighters. In big wildfires, there’s no time for door-to-door warnings, so if you’re told to go, do it fast to stay safe.