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SAN DIEGO -- UC San Diego is launching a new public safety program that utilizes over 1000 camera sensors across the Golden State.
UCSD said ALERTCalifornia, which was rolled out Wednesday, will provide tools to prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters like wildfires, landslides, floods and more.
Officials explained that this program manages "pan-tilt-zoom wildfire monitoring cameras" and sensor arrays that will collect data and real-time information to help advise public safety.
Scientists will analyze the data to gain a better understanding of the long-term impacts natural disasters have on air quality, water quality, soil quality and human health in California, UCSD said.
“The program will spawn invaluable research and mitigation plans that will increase the state’s resiliency towards the new extreme fire risk,” said Neal Driscoll, director of ALERTCalifornia and geoscientist at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “Data acquired in the highest fire-threat regions will significantly empower firefighters, firs...
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