Episode 218: Innovating Wildfire Response with XPRIZE with Jay Stalnacker, Denise Smith & Mike Cox
Episode description
What is the XPRIZE Wildfire competition?
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
We're hitting pause on our Texas Robotics Summit Mini Series right now to bring you an episode from FDIC...
In this episode:
- How the XPPRIZE Wildfire competition incentives technology developers to solve the wildfire problem
- Why are collaboration, engagement, and innovation key in addressing the wildfire problem?
- What solutions protect communities and minimize risk to firefighters?
Hear from Jay Stalnacker - the Technical Lead for XPRIZE - Denise Smith - Professor and Director of First Responder Health and Safety Laboratory at Skidmore College - and Mike Cox - Director of Fire, Rescue & EMS Solutions at Esri.
These 3 thought leaders explore the forefront of wildfire technology. They discuss how success in the future includes minimizing risk to firefighters, managing forest health, and building resilient communities. They also talk about space-based detection and autonomous response innovations.
Click play now to hear what they have to share! And stay tuned for the return of our Texas Robotics Summit Mini Series!
Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is, or review our curated resources!
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