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2024

The FireSense Implementation Team will work to further develop and design the FireSense use cases and support activities for implementation. The team will organize and work with stakeholder partners to identify potential projects that provide agile, short-term action on emerging needs from operational fire management agencies in the U.S.

NASA Science Mission Directorate

The NASA Science Mission Directorate announces the selection of 20 members for the FireSense Implementation Team.

6/26/2024

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) team prepared a Fire Science Day at Richfield Airbase for local high school and college students.

Fishlake National Forest

USFS-NASA in the Fishlake National Forest “2024 Look Book"

6/12/2024

On May 21-23, 2024, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) visited NASA Ames Research Center, with participants representing 13 agencies and organizations.

Ames Earth Science Division

NASA Ames Hosts National Wildfire Coordinating Group

6/11/2024

Fire and smoke researchers and land managers collaborated to "learn and burn" from a unique, high-intensity prescribed fire that was conducted to restore aspen forests on the Fishlake National Forest in Utah.

USDA|Forest Service

Learning and Burning FASMEE 2023
Full Video 8:27 min
Trailer 1:45 min

6/6/2024

The Fall 2023 flight campaign demonstrates the agency-wide nature of the FireSense Program, bringing together flight crews, instrument specialists, project managers, communications personnel, and scientists from NASA centers across the country

EXPLORE: Airborne Science Newsletter

FireSense: NASA’s Role in Improving Wildland Fire Management

5/12/2024

NASA’s “Wildfire Digital Twin” project will equip firefighters and wildfire managers with a superior tool for monitoring wildfires and predicting harmful air pollution events and help researchers observe global wildfire trends more precisely.

NASA Science Editorial Team

NASA “Wildfire Digital Twin” Pioneers New AI Models and Streaming Data Techniques for Forecasting Fire and Smoke

5/21/2024

The Camp Fire, which erupted 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of Sacramento, California, as seen from the Landsat 8 spacecraft, which was launched by NASA and operated by the U.S. Geological Survey.

NASA Headquarters

NASA Joins Group to Advance Wildfire Coordination, Capabilities

2/15/2024

There is no single silver-bullet solution for the early detection of wildfires, according to leading meteorological experts. A toolbox of technologies including drones, ground-based sensors, satellites and AI models needs to be used to predict and monitor fires to save lives and protect infrastructure.

Meteorological Technology International

How are drones, satellites and AI models working together to predict fires and save lives?

1/11/2024

2023

The prescribed burn moves slowly down the slope burning mostly non-native annual grasses in the southwest corner of Sedgwick Reserve.

Sedgwick Reserve

Another successful prescribed burn brings field and air crews from NASA’s FireSense Project to Sedgwick Reserve

12/15/2023

Researchers from Rocky Mountain Research Station, Michigan Tech University, and Tall Timbers Research Station measure fuel moisture, fuel loading, and unburned vegetation.

Forest Service | USDA

Co-producing fire and smoke science

12/11/2023

NASA invites students and employees of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to address the escalating challenges posed by wildfires and climate change

NASA MSI Incubator

NASA’s Wildfire Climate Tech Challenge competition has opened.

12/11/2023

Jacquelyn Shuman (NASA ARC) and Roger Ottmar (USFS retired) talk to local students in Richfield, UT about how NASA aircraft and sensors can measure different aspects of wildland fires.

The Richfield Reaper

Forest Service, NASA teach science

10/24/2023

At the start of October 2023, green conifers and golden aspen covered the slopes of Monroe Mountain in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest. Then, starting on October 9, these forests turned black as fire worked its way across the mountain. Flames and smoke were visible for miles.

Earth Observatoty

Making Fire Sense on Monroe Mountain

10/09/2023

In total, 24 proposals were evaluated under the 2022 FireSense Technology Program solicitation. The seven awards have a total dollar value of approximately $14M over three years.

ESTO

Additional Project Selections Made for FireSense Technology 2022 Solicitation

08/02/2023