No fire officials were in the area, but AI was watching and alerted the authorities. “The dispatch center there was not aware of the fire,” said Scott Slumpff, ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 2:45 p.m. in Lake County, California. Big Fire has been burning on county land.

The agency is using AI to boost fire detection capabilities. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) By Hayley Smith Staff Writer . Aug. 24, 2023 3 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

San Francisco-based Pano AI, which has built about 100 AI-enabled fire lookouts in six U.S. states and Australia, is one of a growing number of startups leveraging technology to aid in wildfire ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 11:15 a.m. in Madera County, California. The wildfire has been burning on federal land ...

The wildfire crisis is growing, but so is AI’s potential to save lives, protect communities and reshape emergency response as we know it. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured.

Current wildfire detection methods largely depend on satellite imagery, aerial surveillance, and lookout towers, approaches ...

Artificial Intelligence can do everything from writing your grocery lists to creating websites, but can it prevent catastrophic wildfires? Over the past three years, California has seen more than ...

Reverse-engineering wildfire behavior with AI. The researchers began by gathering historical wildfire data from high-resolution satellite images.

A wildfire-detecting Pano AI camera mounted on a tower in Oregon’s Yamhill County. (Pano AI Photo) You don’t put out a wildfire with water and flame retardants like you do a burning house.