The WIFIRE team take long shifts, sometimes working 24/7 in order to monitor evolving fires.
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- ArticlesFighting 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.
- ArticlesCalled 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.
- ArticlesGov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he appointed two San Diego County residents to the state’s recently created California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board.
- ArticlesEver wonder how fire agencies decide who and when to evacuate? It's not a decision made on a hunch. It requires making sense of huge amounts of real-time data and intelligence, and getting it wrong or late can have tragic consequences.
- ArticlesReal-time data from whiz-bang cameras and supercomputers has potential downsides: too many alarm bells, more blackouts and less boots-on-the-ground input.
- ArticlesSouthern California firefighters are tapping the University of California San Diego supercomputer to figure out where a wildfire is heading.