"A number of signals will come in to their system. If they think there could be a fire, they pull up a channel or cameras then decide to gather if it's a valid fire."
Blogger note: I live in fire country and the past few years Watch Duty is the site the locals go to when there's a sign of a new fire. They have a lot of credibility and in Northern California we have learned to rely on them. KRCR News Channel 7 No CA network report Sept 12 Transcript below
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hearing from the tech behind watch duty
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about offering critical wildfire
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updates. They pass along public safety
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information in real time using verified
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sources. Staff reporter Seur Padmanabin
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tells us a number of signals will come
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in to their system. If they think there
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could be a fire, they pull up a channel
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or cameras then decide to gather if it's
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a valid fire. If it's something they
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feel people need to know about, they'll
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send out a post.
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When things change very rapidly, it just
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means that we're going to get more
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people in on it and double check and
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cross-check information, but we also
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want to make sure that we give it to
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people as soon as they need it because
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obviously in conditions that bad,
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seconds are going to make a big
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difference.
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Padna Mobin says they have almost 300
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volunteers across 22 states running a
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247 operation. They work to make sure
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they have enough team members on board,
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especially when they are rapidly
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developing fires, evacuations, or road
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closures. Their reporters will continue
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to follow an incident, keeping people
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updated until it's extinguished or no
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longer a threat to life or property. It
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should be noted we do not use watchd
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duty as an official source when
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reporting fires.
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