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Weekly Wildfire Update: MT and ID Pop Off, OR and WA Both Have Monster Fires. AZ and NM Still Chasing Lightning Fires. Lockheed Martin Developing AI Virtual Reality Systems for IMTs.
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Weekly Wildfire Update: MT and ID Pop Off, OR and WA Both Have Monster Fires. AZ and NM Still Chasing Lightning Fires. Lockheed Martin Developing AI Virtual Reality Systems for IMTs.

Missoula Fire Lab is helping test these new systems.
The Hotshot Wake Up
Jul 22, 2023
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On Today’s Show:

  • Oregon and Washington both have major incidents currently.

  • The Newell Road fire went 30,000+ acres in 24 hours.

  • Montana and Idaho became active this week. Colt, Hayden, Bowles, and other fire updates.

    Montana: 7-21-23

  • Arizona and New Mexico still have numerous lightning fires. When Monsoons?

  • Lockheed Martin developing and testing Artificially Intelligent VR systems for IMTs. AI will offer suggestions on how to suppress the fires.

  • “The ultimate goal is to have fleets of unmanned systems to autonomously suppress wildfire while managed by IMTs in Virtual Reality.”

  • Plus more.

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