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Partners with UC San Diego WIFIRE Lab & FIRIS to Launch Predictive Fire Modeling
Fire Modeling Predicts the Path of a Fire For Up To Three Hours to Help Communities and First Responders Prepare October 19, 2022 (Wilsonville, OR)…
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The Western Fire Chiefs Association Introduces Phase 2 of its Wildland Fire Map
First of Its Kind to Incorporate Live Aircraft Tracking, 3D Fire Map Rendering,and California-Specific FIRIS Real Time Fire Mapping September 29, 2022 (Wilsonville, OR) –…
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WFCA Quarterly Newsletter 2022 | Q2
Learn more about what the Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA) and its partners worked on during Q2 2022 in this edition of the WFCA Quarterly Newsletter
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The Western Fire Chiefs Association Introduces Its Wildland Fire Map to Communities and News Sources, Protecting Lives and Land
As the country prepares for a summer of excessive heat and drought, the Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA) introduces its Fire Map to provide near real-time information about active wildfires.
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FirstNet Incident Support for COMLs
Communications, FirstNet and AT&T Interoperable communications are an essential element of any emergency response activity; responders need to communicate with dispatch, members of their team, command or on-scene staff, and personnel from different disciplines, agencies, and jurisdictions. Jurisdictions generally make…
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WFCA Economic Update 2022
Western Fire Chiefs Association Member’s Economic Update 2022 by Dr. Anirban Basu, Chief Economist for Sage Policy Group.