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ITU News: How Monitoring Systems Can Help Protect Communities From Wildfires

Tue, 08/14/2018 - 21:00 / 0 Comments

As wildfires threaten communities around the world, monitoring systems using Big Data are helping firefighters, government agencies and humanitarian organizations proactively take steps to save lives.

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Business Insurance: Innovation at the Forefront of Wildfire Prevention

Tue, 07/24/2018 - 21:00 / 0 Comments

The 2017 wildfire season was the worst on record, and experts bracing for another tough year are looking at technology, analytics and other innovations to mitigate wildfire risk.

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RCR Wireless News: California’s Research Network Connects Science and Community

Tue, 07/10/2018 - 21:00 / 0 Comments

Project WIFIRE, run by UC San Diego, uses San Diego’s supercomputing center to collect data on what wildfires do, using ground telemetry, weather data and satellite data the system collects. The supercomputer produces predictive analytics about how newly started fires will spread, which can help with evacuation and firefighting.

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NBC Los Angeles: Chiefs Warn Wildfire Season Shaping Up to Be as Bad as Last Year

Thu, 06/14/2018 - 21:00 / 0 Comments

The program, known as WIFIRE, draws on the federal Forest Service predictive system, weather monitoring networks, satellite data, and an interface developed at UC San Diego, according to research associate Jessica Block, who has been working with LA and other agencies incorporating WIFIRE.

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89.3 KPCC, Public Radio: Drones, mountain cameras, wildfire simulators - OC's latest tech for fighting fires

Thu, 05/10/2018 - 21:00 / 0 Comments

Wildfires are getting more aggressive. The fire season is all year round. Orange County fire agencies have been showing some of the tech they're using to identify blazes earlier, predict their path and keep our houses safe.

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insideHPC: The Use of HPC to Model the California Wildfires

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 21:00 / 0 Comments

WIFIRE is an integrated system for wildfire analysis, with specific regard to changing urban dynamics and climate. The system integrates networked observations with computational techniques to provide a scalable method to monitor such phenomena as weather patterns that can help predict a wildfire’s rate of spread.

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ITU News: How Monitoring Systems Can Help Protect Communities From Wildfires

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Business Insurance: Innovation at the Forefront of Wildfire Prevention

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RCR Wireless News: California’s Research Network Connects Science and Community

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NBC Los Angeles: Chiefs Warn Wildfire Season Shaping Up to Be as Bad as Last Year

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89.3 KPCC, Public Radio: Drones, mountain cameras, wildfire simulators - OC's latest tech for fighting fires

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insideHPC: The Use of HPC to Model the California Wildfires

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