CAL FIRE UNIT MAP TRIAL
The trial program is part of an effort by Cal Fire to pursue cutting edge technology to aid its mission, made possible in part through the agency's new Office of Wildfire Technology, Research and Development created by legislation authored by state Sen. Bill Dodd, D- Napa, in 2021.īenjamin Rogers, assistant deputy director at the office, said the ALERTCalifornia system is among several being tested by Cal Fire at different sites. This device is unable to display framed content.
"Before this program, we would get a 911 call and we would have to spin the cameras to the area. "It is allowing us to be more efficient and to have more situational awareness before we arrive at the scene," Marcucci said. "So really what it's doing is helping push down the response time to make that response time quicker and more efficient."Ĭal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Chief Mike Marcucci said the artificial intelligence component "is truly another tool in the toolbox." "It's helping to flag those anomalies so the fire men and women can spot potential starts sooner," Scully said. (ALERTCalifornia, formerly part of the ALERTWildfire camera network, is now a stand-alone entity focused only on California.) It then prompts a box to be drawn around the area in the camera view, alerting those monitoring the cameras to take a closer look because "this could be something," said Caitlin Scully, communication program manager for ALERTCalifornia. The Sonoma- Lake- Napa unit covers six counties, including Colusa, Solano and Yolo counties.įed with regional geographical and topographical information supplied by UCSD, the AI-equipped system picks up on aberrations - like new fire starts - in the camera feed. Many of the growing number of lookout cameras stationed across California to locate and monitor wildfires will soon be equipped with artificial intelligence technology to speed response to fires and other natural disasters as they first unfold.Ĭal Fire's Sonoma- Lake- Napa unit is among six regional units testing the new technology this fire season in collaboration with the ALERTCalifornia system run through UC San Diego. 12-Six Cal Fire units included in trial using artificial intelligence to fine tune wildfire detection through UC San Diego's ALERTCalifornia
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