SHAPING THE FUTURE OF WILDFIRE
PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION
APRIL 15 - 16, 2025 | LONG BEACH MARRIOTT LONG BEACH, CA
Day 1: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
8:00 am - 8:50 am
REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
8:55 am - 9:00 am
CHAIR’S WELCOME REMARKS
8:50 am - 9:20 am
WELCOME FROM THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT
9:00 am - 9:30 am
PREVENTING WILDFIRES – INVESTING IN THE TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP COMMUNITIES SAFE
Chief Joe Tyler -
Director and Fire Chief,
CAL FIRE
- Investing to create resilience
- Fire prevention technology advancements and needs
- Advancing aviation and land simulated training
9:30 am - 10:00 am
ADVANCING DETECTION AND MONITORING SYSTEMS
- Current standards and needs for detection and monitoring systems
- How local fire stations are using detection and monitoring systems
- Identifying high risk areas that make detection and monitoring challenging
- Challenges of introducing AI and emerging technology into wildfire detection and monitoring
10:00 am - 10:30 am
OVERVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR EFFORTS ON MITIGATING AND SUPPRESSING WILDLAND FIRES
- Focus on efforts for fire prevention, controlled burns
- Specific approaches for Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs land
- Overview of DOI acquisitions roadmap for the future
10:30 am - 11:00 am
MORNING NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK HOSTED BY SAMSUNG IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
11:00 am - 11:30 am
DISASTER RESILIENCE PLANNING AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS
- Cal OES's focus on disaster resilience planning and integrating technology solutions
- Showcasing technology-driven initiatives for early warning, evacuation, and communication
- Success stories in the application of innovative technologies in wildfire preparedness
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
FURTHERING COLLABORATION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS
- Understanding when and how international organizations come together
- Differences in approaches to wildfires from different international organizations
- Case studies showcasing unified global approaches
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
INTEGRATING STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY RESILIENCY FOR EFFECTIVE WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT
- The potential for advancing wildfire prevention and suppression through increased collaboration and coordination at the state and private forestry level
- Lessons learned from our use of advanced environment monitoring systems for informing prescribed burn strategy
- Prospective technology acquisition for prescribed fire in 2024
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
1:50 pm - 2:50 pm
ADVANCING WILDFIRE RESPONSE AND PREVENTION IN COLORADO
- Exploring How the Colorado DFPC (Division of Fire Prevention and Control) is rolling out using COTAK for real time location services to all public safety agencies in Colorado
- Highlighting local engagement and partnerships in implementing region-specific fire safety measures
- Discussing targeted response plans, considering Colorado's unique environmental and residential challenges
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
SATELLITE INNOVATION: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE VISIBILITY AND KEEP TEAMS CONNECTED
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
NEW TECHNOLOGIES FROM NASA FIRESENSE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
- NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) has established a new program called Technology Development for support of Wildfire Science, Management, and Disaster Mitigation (FireSense Technology), to develop innovative new technologies and capabilities to better predict, monitor and manage wildfires and their impacts.
- ESTO’s FireSense Technology program is part of a larger NASA wide Wildland Fire Initiative, which involves the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), and the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program and works with interagency partners such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the National Interagency Fire Center, and commercial partners.
- The FireSense project includes an airborne science component (annual campaigns) where improved capabilities and new technologies will be evaluated, and ultimately demonstrated to agency stakeholders in a relevant environment.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
AFTERNOON NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK HOSTED BY SAMSUNG IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
TAKING A NEW APPROACH TO WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT
- Implications of The Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Report
- Expanding range of wildfires: Emphasizing collaboration between wildfire, and structural fire departments
- Updates from Oregon Fire Service
