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California firefighters are using artificial intelligence to help spot wildfires, feeding video from more than 1,000 cameras strategically placed across the state into a machine that alerts first responders when to mobilize.

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This case study looks closer at a Colorado house, certified by Wildfire Partners, which avoided burning in 2016 by wildfire.

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This study investigates key fuel management initiatives for wildfire risk prevention in southern European Union (EU) countries.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Disaster management team in front of a burned shop in New Delhi, India (2021)
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More than 2.7 million Californians live in places with a high or extremely high risk of wildfire, as of 2007. That number is expected to increase, as the state is now updating its Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps.

University of California, Davis
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Controlled burning
To combat increasingly dangerous wildfires, fire management practices include controlled burns, also referred to as prescribed burning.