Science Node: Where will wildfires burn next?
Can big data simulations predict the path of wildfires and train firefighters to battle the next one?
Air Attack Magazine: FIRIS - Giving a Whole New Meaning to 'Air Attack'
Air Attack platforms have been around for many years. These aircraft serve a vital role in coordinating airstrikes, as well as directing firefighters on the ground as to where they need to intervene to stop wildfires from spreading. But with the FIRIS platform, air attack rises to a whole new level of effectiveness.
The Wall Street Journal: High-Tech Planes, Supercomputers and Helitankers Help Fight Wildfires
California fire crews abandon hand-drawn maps for up-to-date information on phones to track and extinguish blazes faster.
NBC 7 San Diego: UC San Diego Data Scientists Working Online to Help the Fire Line
The WIFIRE team take long shifts, sometimes working 24/7 in order to monitor evolving fires.
UCSD Guardian: Late Wildfire Season Threatens Southern California
Fighting fires such as the Copper Fire and the Palisades Fire, which covered 42 acres in Los Angeles, is not entirely left to firefighters. Using technology from the San Diego Computer Center at UC San Diego, firefighters can strategize knowing where fires will spread, convenient when resources are limited.
Ventura County Star: This plane flew Easy, Maria fires to give real-time intelligence to those fighting flames
Called the Fire Integrated Real-time Intelligence System, or FIRIS, it combines the fixed-wing aircraft with UC San Diego's WIFIRE supercomputer. The plane takes off at the first sign of smoke and maps the fire's perimeter within minutes of getting above it, said Chief Brian Fennessy of the Orange County Fire Authority, which manages the program.