Taming Wild Fires Before They Spiral

UF Innovate | Accelerate resident client Fire Neural Network (FNN) was spotlighted for its AI-driven wildfire detection platform, which aims to prevent devastating blazes by catching them early with low-cost sensors and advanced analytics.

Its heartbreaking. Losing your home, your neighborhood, your memories, your relationships. A series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area in California in January 2025. The ensuing devastation killed at least 30 people, forced more than 200,000 to evacuate, destroyed more than 18,000 homes and structures, and burned over 57,000 acres of land in total. The costs and time to rebuild are staggering – in the $100Bs and ~ 10 years. The deaths and damage to property from these fires made them likely among the most destructive fires in California’s history

How do we tame these fires these before they spiral out of control?

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