Watch Now: Watch Duty Cofounder & CEO John Mills TED talk

After finding himself alone in an unreported wildfire, John Mills turned chaos into clarity – he rallied fire survivors and retired first responders to create a non-profit emergency alert system that has now become so indispensable, even first responders rely on it. John shared his story, the birth of Watch Duty, and the road ahead in the latest TED talk with TEDNext 2025.