AI in Being a Firefighter

Firefighters use AI to predict where a wildfire will spread, find unconscious people through thermal cameras, and write incident reports without spending hours back at the station.

Some examples

• AI predicts wildfire spread 6 hours out using wind, terrain, and fuel data.
• Drone AI maps a burning building's hot spots before crews go in.
• Thermal AI highlights human shapes on bodycam footage in heavy smoke.
• AI drafts the NFIRS incident report from the captain's voice notes.

Try it!

Find one wildfire AI tool used by Cal Fire or USFS. Write what it predicts and how that changes who fights where.