University at Buffalo

As wildfires intensify, UB researchers test if AI can improve fire spread prediction

Evaluation of deep learning tools underscores strengths, limitations and opportunities for next‑generation hybrid modeling.
The Aspen Times

Snowmass pursues modeling approach to wildfire mitigation

Snowmass decided on Monday to pursue a model-focused approach to wildfire mitigation. The town directed staff to seek details on a wildfire modeling system of Snowmass Village from Dr. Hussam Mahmoud, ...
The Aspen Times

Aspen area’s fire risk to be assessed with new models

A fire model that has been able to predict wildfire movement across vegetation and the built-environment, meaning downtown and residential areas, with close to 90% accuracy will be assessing the Aspen ...

Central Texas fire departments use new tool to predict wildfire spread

Central Texas fire departments are beginning to use new modeling technology to help prepare for wildfires.Several agencies in ...
AOL

Cal Fire's predictions didn't foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it's changing its fire-hazard maps

The Tunnel fire broke out in a wooded canyon just minutes away from UC Berkeley, where David Sapsis was working on his PhD in fire science. Five years into a drought, on a torrid October morning in ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AI Beats Traditional Weather Models in Forecasting Wildfires

Artificial intelligence is improving the accuracy of fire forecasts made by Europe’s top intergovernmental weather center. Traditional fire forecasts are largely based on weather models that predict ...
Firehouse

How GIS, Advanced Communications & Predictive Modeling Are Transforming Fire Department Disaster Response

Chad Beam provides the ins and outs of the implementation of GIS, advanced communication systems and predictive modeling to ensure that staffing, to whatever extent, is utilized most effectively. A ...