Nighttime aerial firefighting, what are your thoughts on it?
Coming hot on the heels of its worst wildfire season, Alberta’s 2024 provincial budget included an additional $151 million to help fight future blazes.
The extra money was allocated for more firefighters, but also to new aerial technologies the province says will help to protect both communities and forests. Specifically, these include drone surveillance, artificial intelligence to predict fire outbreaks and behaviour, and the expansion of a 2022 pilot program that introduced helicopter nighttime aerial firefighting to the province.
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