> Elsewhere, it’s often best to introduce prescribed burning, in which land managers start low-intensity fires during weather conditions that make the low-inten

> Elsewhere, it’s often best to introduce prescribed burning, in which land managers start low-intensity fires during weather conditions that make the low-intensity blaze easy to contain and direct. Which, apart from being a short lived control (a few months), creates other problems. One is that regular burns often promote the growth of even more flammable vegetation. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.13041 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.13041 And then there's the health impact on neighbouring communities. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/213/6/exceedances-national-air-quality-standards-particulate-matter-western-australia https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/213/6/exceedances-nation... > Vibrant Planet has developed a platform that helps utilities and land managers analyze a range of data to determine where wildfire risk is highest. Cool, so we've got one startup pitching something that fire behaviour analysts and geospatial professionals in firefighting agencies have been doing for years. > Pano, for example, uses AI to crunch a range of data sources, including cameras, satellite imagery, field sensors, and emergency alerts, to automatically detect new fires. And another. > And should wildfires escape early detection and containment, other startups like FireDome are developing tools to protect homes and businesses. The Israel-based startup has created an AI-assisted fire defense system that launches projectiles filled with fire retardants. Plus the usual crop of magical machines, but this in the realm of the truly absurd.