Firefighters battling wildfires in the Pacific Northwest will now have the world’s largest public-facing system of wildfire cameras at their disposal.
Firefighters battling wildfires in the Pacific Northwest will now have the world’s largest public-facing system of wildfire cameras at their disposal.
Three universities — including the University of Oregon’s Oregon Hazards Lab, known as OHAZ; the University of Nevada, Reno; and ALERTCalifornia at the University of California, San Diego — have integrated their wildfire monitoring networks under a single software platform, ALERTWest, allowing an unprecedented level of interoperability between monitoring systems and providing wildland firefighters with easier access to real-time data.
With secure login credentials, firefighters can now observe fire behavior and weather in real time from wildfire cameras throughout the western United States, said Nick Maggio, assistant director of wildfire technology for the UO hazards lab.
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