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Out in the field!
on Sep 1, 2009I swear I've been busier in the last 4 weeks than I have been in two months. With a long, wet spring this year, the fire season has been compacted into August and now into September. Lots of fires lately and even some huge puppies: LaBrea and Stati...
Big Pole Fire
on Aug 21, 2009The Big Pole fire about an hour west of here is out and quiet. I mapped it last week and sent the data to the BAER team. Here's an example of how I mapped the severity. When I got the satellite imagery, I edited the Incident perimeter and cut 2,00...
Smoke is in the air
on Aug 10, 2009I found them...Looks like fire season has finally heated up and I'm getting lots of requests. This won't be a banner year for acres mapped, but I'll end up mapping plenty of fires. The really big fires this year are in Alaska (multiple 100k+ fires,...
Where are you, fires?
on Jun 29, 2009It's been quiet on the wildfire front. Historically, Arizona and New Mexico are the areas I map fires in first. They burn between May and July 4, when the monsoon season typically starts. Well, July 4 is this weekend and I've mapped 3 fires in AZ...
Popular Mechanics
on Jun 4, 2009A few years ago we were approached by the National Geographic for an article they were doing on wildfires in the Western United States. They wanted to include a side-bar section on technology, mapping, remote sensing, and wildfires. I was stoked abou...
Speaking at a Mile High
on May 20, 2009I returned from Denver, CO, yesterday after participating in a BAER meeting. Each year, a few of the Forest Service "regions" get together and do a refresher for BAER team members and leaders. They talk policy, protocol for assembling a team, pay,...