NASA Sees How Drones Fight California Wildfires
NASA’s Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations, or STEReO , project is designing software and communication tools to help disaster responders work more safely and efficiently. Part of their approach is to scale up the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones.
Drones are good for capturing thermal images of the landscape below. The heat signatures obtained can help determine where firefighters should establish fire-containment lines, dug either by bulldozer or by hand.
On the frontlines of the California wildfires, a drone was sent to look for any traces of fire down a steep gully. The thermal data it collected helped decide whether crews could safely attempt to hold the fire there, or if they should work from the next ridgeline, even if it meant losing more acres to the flames.
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