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Stonesifer
Part of the Science You Can Use Spring 2022 Webinar Series sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Research Station
Aircraft are important fire management tools, but their use can bring substantial costs and associated risks. We developed the Aviation Use…
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Cronan
The idea of using sensors to remotely measure things is not new. Aerial photos taken from hot air balloons were first proposed as a tool for mapping streets in the 1850s. In 1941, a US Forest Service ranger developed a technique for mapping fuels…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Shin, Higgins
This webinar combines two expert views of using drones in fire management. First Patrick Shin of Northern Arizona University will briefly discuss his research on using drones to evaluate canopy fuels and then Jim Higgins, Chief Engineer at Drone…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Treadwell
Dr. Morgan Treadwell, with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, teaches ranchers about using prescribed burning, then uses drones to review burn footage and dissect the burn piece by piece.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Fontenot
Unmanned Aircraft, commonly called “Drones,” are being used more and more for public safety, research, etc. Falling prices, rising capabilities, and a favorable regulatory framework are all fueling this growth. Let’s look at actual, real-world,…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Stavros
From the Spring 2017 AFSC Remote Sensing Workshop: Opportunities to Apply Remote Sensing in Boreal/Arctic Wildfire Management and Science.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Detweiler
A Southern Fire Exchange webinar with University of Nebraska-Lincoln Assistant Professor Carrick Detweiler. The use of helicopter-based ignition has helped to increase the number of prescribed fire acres but the expense and complexity of air…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
McCullum
The fourth webinar in this series covered new techniques and technologies.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
This 22-minute video tells the story-through first-person accounts by the participants-behind the extraction of a firefighter injured by a rock on the 2011 Las Conchas Fire.
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Godson
This webinar provides an overview of current efforts by the US Forest Service in integrating emerging mobile technologies into Fire and Aviation Management. Current mobile devices and applications used in operations are discussed, as are potential…
Year: 2012
Type: Media