Wildfire Today: Orange County introduces pilot program for real time wildfire mapping
It is another step toward the Holy Grail of Wildland Firefighter Safety.
ABC10 San Diego: Southern California gets new tool in fight against wildfires
A new program, called Fire Integrated Real-Time Intelligence System launched September 1. The system uses a fixed-wing aircraft that can see through smoke using using infrared and radar sensors.
USC Annenberg Media: Digital fire tracking system launches in California
The new tool strives to map and predict fires in real time in order to protect residents and aid first-responders working in the field.
Vertical Magazine: Coulson Aviation expands night firefighting operations
The UCSD Supercomputer will forecast where the fire direction is predicted to go and identify for fire leadership the risks and hazards for firefighters and communities.
The New York Times: Can ‘Big Data’ Help Fight Big Fires? Firefighters Are Betting on It
Firefighters in Los Angeles County are looking to supercomputers to help swiftly predict which way fires will move.
Forbes: California Wildfire Season Is Coming. These New Technologies Could Help.
Summer is coming, which means that California is bracing for the annual overlap of wildfire seasons, much too soon after the most expensive and destructive wildfire year on record. There are new cyber-infrastructure systems, such as WIFIRE from the University of California San Diego, which was designed to predict a wildfire’s path in real time.