The public-private partnership [ALERTWildfire-GeoLinks partnership] is actively deploying wildfire detection, prevention, and situational awareness systems across a coalition of utility and county assets to enable fire detection and predictive modeling.
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- ArticlesThe deadly blazes burning in California have put a spotlight on the crucial role of evacuation. In the moments after a wildfire begins, firefighters must predict where a fire will spread to save lives. Now, California firefighters are getting some help from a powerful new tool: supercomputers.
- ArticlesAs 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.
- ArticlesThe 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.
- ArticlesProject 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.
- ArticlesThe 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.
- ArticlesWildfires 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.