CivTAK with FMV in CA Fires
Here’s a clip from AJ using CivTAK with Full Motion Video fighting California wildfires, integrated with the CalFires’ NightWatch Platform. You can find the LinkedIn Post here, and I’ve posted the whole thing below.
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Script to import Cameras to ATAK
AJ Johansson posted that he has a script from Par that imports the AlertWildFire.org cameras in California. I’d like to see the script published so people could apply it to other systems.
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KKCO – TAK for WildFires
This video from NBC11News.com (Colorado’s KKCO TV) on TAK — The Team Awareness Kit – verses paper maps, starring Brad Schmidt. It also highlights the value of mesh radios and Senator Cory Gardner (R, Colorado).
MoreATAK serves Fire Fighters
From Isreali Tech news, i-HLS.Com: A technology originating in the US military sector is being tested in order to help save firefighters’ lives. The ATAK – Android Team Awareness Kit is essentially a tool that tells firefighters exactly where they are and …
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Colorado uses TAK to innovate on wildfires
This entire article from the Denver Business Journal is worth a read: This year, the Center of Excellence debuted the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK), a geospatial mapping engine that facilitates situational awareness, navigation and data sharing among firefighters. As most fires …
MoreWestern States Leveraging TAK for Wildfires
From StateScoop: “A lot of times you get in the woods and you’re not always sure where you are or where the fire is,” said Ben Miller, the director of the Colorado Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting , a division of …
MoreWildfire Today Covers CO use of TAK
Wildfire Today has a short article on the Colorado division of Fire Prevention and Control’s evaluation of ATAK, here. To me, the best part of this is that its filed under “Colorado, Holy Grail”. The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control is …
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