learning as much as i can about wildfires. prescribed burns are a prevention tactic to reduce the buildup of vegetation that could serve as fire fuel.

it takes an avg of 4.7 yrs for a prescribed burn to get through environmental reviews. 

80M acres need urgent treatment — that means now, not in 5 years. maddening!

academic policy paper on this for those interested: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00301-y

also learned there’s an large amount of startups globally using AI + sensors or satellites (or both) for fire detection and a small but growing number using robots / drones for firefighting.

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The podcast "What's Your Problem?" had a good interview with one of the AI detection companies: 

https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/whats-your-problem/spotting-wildfires-with-ai