Cameras and software helping firefighters quickly respond to flames
New technologies are helping firefighters increase response time and quickly gain knowledge of fires.
By: Leah Pezzetti
and last updated 2021-07-16 23:41:31-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â California firefighters use many tools and technologies to help fight fires, and some of the most useful have emerged recently.
The ALERTWildifre system is a grid of cameras spread around western states that give fire crews an immediate look at new fires. It was started by three schools: UC San Diego; the University of Nevada, Reno; and the University of Oregon.
âStudents are involved, engineers, professors. So itâs been born out of the universities,â said Neal Driscoll, a professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography UC San Diego and also the California Director of ALERTWildfire.
Cameras and software helping San Diego firefighters quickly respond to flames
New technologies are helping firefighters increase response time and quickly gain knowledge of fires.
and last updated 2021-07-15 16:05:57-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â California firefighters use many tools and technologies to help fight fires, and some of the most useful have emerged recently.
The ALERTWildifre system is a grid of cameras spread around western states that give fire crews an immediate look at new fires. It was started by three schools: UC San Diego; the University of Nevada, Reno; and the University of Oregon.
âStudents are involved, engineers, professors. So itâs been born out of the universities,â said Neal Driscoll, a professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography UC San Diego and also the California Director of ALERTWildfire.