Drones and the Firefighting Threat to the United States

A look at how AI and other tech is being used to help predict, detect, and pinpoint the location of wildfires in the second of a two-part series.

We Meet:

Tricia Small, Television Producer, Small Fox Films

George Whitesides, Space Executive

Brittany Zajic, Disaster Response, Planet Labs

Dave Winnacker, Fire Chief, Moraga-Orinda Fire District

Arvind Satyam, Chief Commercial Officer, Pano

Credits:

This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan and contains original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Our mix engineer is Garret Lang and our artwork is by Stephanie Arnett.