FIRE IN THE NEWS Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab To Avoid More California Wildfires, a Utility Tries Shutting Off the Power (Published 2018) As weather conditions threaten another blaze, Pacific Gas and Electric Company said it turned off power for thousands in Northern California. www.nytimes.com This astrophysicist has an audacious plan to stop wildfires The 'multilayered' system would detect smoke and flames at the earliest possible moment. NBC News Fierce and Unpredictable: How Wildfires Became Infernos (Published 2018) A division of the U.S. Forest Service is studying fire behavior as the blazes in the West become hotter and spread faster than ever before. www.nytimes.com Time is ripe for fire detection satellite, say Berkeley scientists Physicist Carl Pennypacker, fire expert Scott Stephens and remote sensing specialist Maggi Kelly have designed a fire-spotting satellite that they believe could be built for a few hundred million d… Berkeley News Wildfires have changed. The technology to fight them hasn’t — yet California prides itself on technological innovation. But as brutal fires scorch the... San Francisco Chronicle