Firefighters don’t always have the best tools and new technology available, often for budgetary reasons.
A firetruck drives along California Highway 96 as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif., on July 30, 2022.The western United States is in the thick of wildfire season. In California this summer, the Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park burned more than 19,000 acres. To the north, the McKinney Fire burned more than 55,000 acres in just one weekend, making it the Golden State’s largest blaze of the year.
We need to fight fires with the best tools available in order to prevent loss of life and massive economic damage. Unfortunately, firefighters don’t always have those tools, often for budgetary reasons. Thankfully, firefighting technology has improved greatly in recent years. For example, first responders can now use planes outfitted with infrared sensors to determine the precise locations of even the most nascent fires. And departments are acquiring planes from which they can instantly transmit data to firefighters on the ground, sending information directly to cell phones.
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