# We Need Your Help

November 9, 2023

**We need your help to close a $300,000 budget gap and keep Watch Duty going.**

We accomplished a lot in 2023:

**1) We expanded coverage to the entire Western US.** We added 10 new states – a 750% increase in area covered.

**2) The Watch Duty app was downloaded by more than 1 million people.** During peak fire season, 350,000 people used Watch Duty daily.

**3) Our volunteer team grew from 31 to 121 and full-time staff from 1 to 7.** These volunteers are at the heart of Watch Duty and make our service work. We also monitored more fires than ever before, 12,270 in 2023 to be exact.

**4) First responders rely on Watch Duty.** We work with many agencies to provide more information to first responders and emergency managers.

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