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Technical Research

Multi-scale sensing and data fusion, data-driven burn condition modeling, grassland fuel mapping & hotspot detection, and prescribed fire simulation.

Social Science Research

Addresses the knowledge gap on how communities engage with prescribed burn practices through the use of technology.

Community Engagement

Develops tools, data repositories, and activities to support communities’ smart and safe prescribed burning.

Education and Outreach

Prescribed fire demonstration burns, STEM learning, and outreach to other communities.

Welcome!

Smart and Safe Prescribed Fire is a research project funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Smart and Connected Community program. This project develops a community sensing, planning, and learning infrastructure to support smart and safe prescribed burning for communities that use prescribed fires for rangeland and wildfire risk management. The developed infrastructure will be integrated into a cloud-based platform to serve communities as a smart cyber connection to help landowners to 1) optimally plan and operate prescribed burns; 2) collect and share data about burning, and 3) train fire operators to learn the most effective ways of burning.