At the same time, USFS Ranger David Fuller receives the
alert on his tablet and begins driving to the nearest access point.
The Fire responder AI system shows him the best route to get there.
On route, the drone creates a communications link
to the ground station at Eagle County Airport.
This network will become the local tactical network used by all parties for
the common operating picture.
The drone AI begins evaluating threats, escape routes, safety zones,
and ingress egress vulnerabilities for ground assets.
This information is uploaded to the Denver dispatch center and incorporated
into the COMP virtual space at the dispatch center.
Incident Commander Maria Rodriguez monitors the emerging situation.
The Denver AI merges the drone's live data of the fire spread and displays on
Maria's monitor its predicted advance of a steep Gulch filled with a dead standing
temper.
She accesses the resource dashboard.
The AI also displays all available resources,
three Type 1 helicopters at nearby bases, 2 air tankers working a Wyoming fire but
available for diversion, and four Hotshot crews within two hours
drive time.
Maria recognizes the need for air support and assigns an Air Tactical Group
supervisor, or Atgs, to coordinate flights into the Fire Zone.
She selects the air resources and the AI notifies them to launch.
The ATGS arrives on scene and begins orbiting the fire.
Their workstation automatically joins the network and exchanges information with
the incident commander and ground teams.
On the Atgs workstation is a list of incoming assets, their status and ETA,
flight paths to targets, drop points and locations of nearby
ground.
Teams are then sent to the air tankers where the pilots can see the information
in their head up display.
Drones and AI technology trained in wildland firefighting can monitor many
data streams and flag increasing risk indicators.
These decision support tools can help wildland firefighters make safe,
effective decisions quickly.
Drones and AI, utilizing a local tactical network,
can share this information to the entire response team.
The Atgs coordinating with the IC and ground teams can designate drop points,
which are shared in the COP.
This future concept of operations can become reality with NASA's advanced
capabilities for emergency response operations.
Asaro.