Wildfires Beware: How AI is Predicting and Preventing Forest Infernos
FireSat, a Google Research–led constellation with the Earth Fire Alliance, will refresh every 20 minutes and use onboard AI to detect fires as small as a 5×5 meter patch (25 m²); the first satellite was launched in 2025. ALERTCalifornia operates 1,100+ AI-assisted cameras across California, filtering frames to alert responders and enabling early detection before 911 calls. Pano AI uses tower-mounted ultra-HD cameras and the Pano Rapid Detect platform, is deployed in 10 U.S. states and 5 Australian states, and helped shorten response by 20–30 minutes on the 2023 Jackson Road Fire in Washington to contain it at 23 acres.