Wildfires and their aftermath impact all Californians and cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars every year. How can we plan for and prevent wildfires, address them quickly to minimize damages, and ensure equitable recovery?

Wildfires have had a devastating impact on California over the last four years, and with the state in severe drought, another dangerous fire season looms.

Sonoma County’s cameras are part of the ALERTWildfire system, a network of about 746 cameras statewide that are linked by a common viewing platform coordinated by UC San Diego, the University of Oregon and the University of Nevada, Reno.

DHS S&T collaborated with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), FIRIS, Intterra, and the WIFIRE Lab at University of California-San Diego to provide training for 20 firefighters from Southern California wildfire response communities.

Next-generation tools for wildfire mitigation and planning - A virtual workshop held March 2-3, 2021.

Where is the fire, how big is the fire, and where is the fire going? These three questions continue to be echoed today with incident commanders, fire chiefs, 911 dispatchers and most importantly, fire fighters on the ground.

The How to Predict and Manage California's Fire Risk in a Changing Climate webinar brought together experts from numerous scientific disciplines at University of California institutions, along with researchers from neighboring universities. They make up an informal statewide climate and wildfire collaborative formed this year to identify what could be accomplished when working together and leveraging efforts.