A recent CNBC article covered some of the apps available to help track air pollution and air quality as wildfires cause widespread impacts across the globe. Options discussed include QAir’s
As the Western wildfire season intensifies, a number of news stories have recently covered how innovative tools and technologies are assisting efforts/ How drones are fighting fire with fire in
Skies Magazine latest issue includes a list of new developments in aerial firefighting technology. Read the list here.
Fires are a growing concern, especially in regions with longer fire seasons, expanded wildland/urban interfaces, and severe and frequent droughts. Anthropogenic fires are commonly used to clear grassland and agricultural
The latest version of the Interagency Fuel Treatment Decision Support System includes a new Compare Weather feature. A video covers the capabilities of the feature.
One section of the EPA Air Sensor Toolbox page provides information on the technical approaches for sensor data used on the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map. Read the information here.
Lower cost air sensor technologies have flooded the marketplace and are being rapidly adopted by state, tribal and local agencies, community scientists, researchers, health professionals, schools, and many others to
Traditional forestry, ecological, and fuels monitoring methods are costly, error-prone and are rarely analyzed. The application of Terrestrial LIDAR System (TLS) units to monitoring methods can help standardize data collection
