The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control is working on a system that could assist wildland firefighters on the ground by reporting their location as well as displaying current maps and real time aerial video of the fire.
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This is great technology and long overdue. Kudos to Brad Schmidt and the rest of the team there at the Colorado Fire Prevention and Control Center. I own Cross Connections and we deploy Communications Trailers used on major incidents. We work with most of the incident management teams in California and we would welcome beta testing this type of technology with what we do on wildland fires.
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Would love to be a part of this development from a Communication Unit Leaders perspective.
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This would have saved my son’s life-I have no doubt. What a wonderful tool to help!
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Very interesting information. I am a COML with CAIIMT 1 here in California. I would be interested in learning more about this technology.
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Ditto what Kody said- this looks like great progress. The ability to share this kind of data around a disconnected terrain is a game changer. Of course it will also bring additional challenges to the communications unit which we look forward to overcoming.
You can find ATAK-Civ available for First Responders on this web page:
https://evr2est.us/downloads
Here’s a great video of the current release of ATAK’s capabilities:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tojMXYMVdyw
And here’s the Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Tactical_Assault_Kit
This is great technology and long overdue. Kudos to Brad Schmidt and the rest of the team there at the Colorado Fire Prevention and Control Center. I own Cross Connections and we deploy Communications Trailers used on major incidents. We work with most of the incident management teams in California and we would welcome beta testing this type of technology with what we do on wildland fires.
Would love to be a part of this development from a Communication Unit Leaders perspective.
This would have saved my son’s life-I have no doubt. What a wonderful tool to help!
Very interesting information. I am a COML with CAIIMT 1 here in California. I would be interested in learning more about this technology.
Ditto what Kody said- this looks like great progress. The ability to share this kind of data around a disconnected terrain is a game changer. Of course it will also bring additional challenges to the communications unit which we look forward to overcoming.