RENO, Nev. – Graham Kent, Nevada Seismological Laboratory director at the University of Nevada, Reno is leading the installation, testing and maintenance of a novel way to monitor forests fires and ...

An automatic camera network which can detect and report forest fires up to 25km away has helped save tens of thousands of hectares of woodland in South Africa from destruction. ForestWatch is one of ...

Dryad Networks, a pioneer in ultra-early wildfire detection technology, today announced the first public demonstration of its Silvanet sensor network detecting and Silvaguard drone system ...

The last 10 years or so have produced some colossal and deadly fire events that have destroyed whole towns, burned a record amount of acreage, and polluted skies for weeks. And wildfires are not just ...

(Nanowerk News) Smokey the Bear says that only you can prevent wildfires, but what if Smokey had a high-tech backup? In a new study, a team of Michigan State University scientists designed and ...

The fire protection industry is an ever-changing environment. If it were not, fire codes would remain the same year after year, cycle after cycle, and our job would be less complicated. Oftentimes, ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler As the world’s attention turns toward COP30 in Belém next month, the story of Brazil’s Amazon is ...

Do you know that in 2017, almost 100,000 age-standardized deaths occurred globally from heat, fire, and hot substances? Governments worldwide are trying to lessen this staggering number by reducing ...

Smokey the Bear says that only you can prevent wildfires, but what if Smokey had a high-tech backup? In a new study, a team of Michigan State University scientists designed and fabricated a remote ...

Scientists designed and fabricated a remote forest fire detection and alarm system powered by nothing but the movement of the trees in the wind. Smokey the Bear says that only you can prevent ...