Innovation

October 6, 2026 / 2 minutes

Sorting and sharing in the world of new technology

Wildfire agencies are regularly approached by companies spruiking the next best thing in innovation for wildfire prevention, preparedness, detection, response, recovery or fuels management. The decision to adopt, or to not adopt, any particular innovation is a difficult one that straddles the competing priorities of budget limitations, risk appetite and

September 27, 2026 / 1 minute

Winning ideas to transform wildfire detection and response

Teams from across the world have competed to build transformative technology for wildfire detection and response. The winners were given hundreds of thousands of dollars to continue their development. The teams were awarded the funds at the XPRIZE Wildfire Competition Awardee Ceremony at the New York City Fire Museum on

September 24, 2026 / 3 minutes

Using a bot to help burn more fuel, more often

Burn Bot is large, tank-like vehicle that wants to solve the most troubling of fuel mitigation questions – how can you manage more area, across all sorts of terrain, in all sorts of weather, at all times of the year, without overtaxing or endangering local crews, and without smothering communities

September 20, 2026 / 4 minutes

How drones can better integrate with total incident response

By Usama Mehboob Wildfire drone operations have moved beyond the question of whether an unmanned aircraft can find heat or provide an overhead view. The harder problem is fitting another aircraft and another stream of data into an incident that may already involve helicopters, air tankers, lead planes, ground crews