![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to the publicly available camera website, ALERTCalifornia created customized state-of-the-art camera command and control centers and trained first responders at the local, regional, state and federal government levels to quickly and efficiently use the cameras. Fire and emergency management personnel input was essential to create the new, mobile friendly, public website interface, which now features a camera view “quilt” or collection of camera views targeting a specific area of interest as well as panoramas that show a high-resolution stitched-together 360-degree view for each camera. The launch of ALERTCalifornia includes major camera network interface improvements to enhance safety and efficiency based on feedback from partners and collaborators such as the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). “Data acquired in the highest fire-threat regions will significantly empower firefighters, first responders, legislators, city planners and scientists for years to come.” “The program will spawn invaluable research and mitigation plans that will increase the state’s resiliency towards the new extreme fire risk,” said Neal Driscoll, director of ALERTCalifornia and geoscientist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This two-pronged camera and data-driven approach will aid in the development of effective and time-critical plans for natural disaster prevention, response and mitigation. Scientists are undertaking advanced data collection and processing to gain a better understanding of natural disasters’ long-term impacts on air quality, water quality, soil quality and human health in California. With this launch, ALERTCalifornia is debuting an updated third-generation wireless camera network, and will prioritize cutting-edge research in response to increasingly frequent and severe climate-driven disasters such as fires, floods, atmospheric rivers and landslides. Formerly part of the ALERTWildfire camera network, the newly expanded state-focused program manages more than 1,000 pan-tilt-zoom wildfire monitoring cameras and sensor arrays in California, and collects data that provides actionable, real-time information to inform public safety for natural disasters. The University of California San Diego recently launched ALERTCalifornia, a collaborative public safety program providing the tools to prepare for, respond to and recover from wildfires and other natural hazards.
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