FrontDoor911
A neighborhood-scale evacuation-and-reunite app that pushes reverse-911 warnings with live perimeter maps and lets family members ping 'I'm safe' to a shared group.
residents in wildfire-prone mountain and western US towns who get minutes-not-hours evacuation orders
- Address-targeted reverse-911 SMS with live burn-perimeter and road-closure maps
- 'I'm safe' pings shared only with people you've added to a private family circle
- Pre-loaded 'what to grab' checklist pulling your saved medications, IDs, and pet info
- Offline mode that keeps the latest evacuation map and zone list available even when cell coverage drops
The Logan USU fire spread so fast that residents went straight to X and Facebook asking whether parents in the Island area needed to evacuate — proving current alerts leave family coordination unsolved.
Logan USU fire with mandatory Island neighborhood evacuations is confirmed; Watch Duty has hundreds of reviews and is described as 'trusted by first responders,' proving real pull for wildfire info apps.Watch Duty | Real-Time Disaster Intelligence You Can Trust ↗Mandatory evacuations ordered as wildfire threatens Island neighborhoods ↗
Crowded: Watch Duty (free, nonprofit, with trained reporters), Everbridge (city of Logan already uses it for alerts), and other incident-management platforms already cover live maps + perimeter alerts; the 'I'm safe' ping is only a thin layer.Watch Duty | Real-Time Disaster Intelligence You Can Trust ↗Welcome to Logan, UT - Emergency Alert ↗
Watch Duty is a free nonprofit and Everbridge is sold to municipalities — consumers have shown little willingness to pay for evacuation alerts when free options exist, and the family-tracking market is already dominated by Life360-style apps.Watch Duty | Real-Time Disaster Intelligence You Can Trust ↗Family Tracking App Market Size, Share Report to 2035 ↗
Western US wildfire frequency is a decades-long structural climate trend
Core build (group status pings, push, map overlay) is straightforward, but credibility requires either partnerships with emergency managers or staffing vetted reporters, which is a real operational burden for a small team.Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods - Apps on Google Play ↗