Leveraging AI to Support Wildfire Response with Research and Innovation

Forest Service researchers, working in close partnership with Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management leadership, are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to advance knowledge and tools that improve operations before, during, and after wildfires. Forest Service scientists partner with Microsoft, Google, the Department of Defense and many other technology providers to develop new innovations that are freely available and rapidly applied to today’s firefighting response—upholding a model that is less costly, more efficient, and more innovative than what the private sector alone, often looking to repackage and resell government data, may offer.