| Abstract: |
Accurate systems for monitoring fires would therefore have enormous value. If such systems could predict how a wildfire was likely to behave, that would be even better. It would enable those in charge to decide which areas should be evacuated, and how best to deploy fire-fighters and their equipment.
Such systems, fortunately, are starting to take shape. The ultimate objective is something that can take data from sensors near and far, process them through suitable computer models, and give those in charge of dealing with a fire a running commentary on how they might best go about it. The technology to do that is not all there yet. But it is getting closer. |
