Oklahoma leads in rapid wildfire notification

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“The fire warning was issued in just six minutes on a recent wildfire occurring in a heavily populated wildland/urban interface area in the Oklahoma City metro,” Goeller said. “Oklahoma is the first state in the nation to use this system. Using our legacy process, it often required approximately 90 minutes to issue the fire warning.”

New wildfire alert system cuts down warning times - Wildfire Today

Oklahoma is the testing ground for a new wildfire system that uses local NWS forecast offices to quicken alerts sent to communities. The “Wildfire Analyst” software was created by wildfire technology company Technosylva. Its promising results were backed up at a recent U.S. House of...

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