Episode 178: An Audacious Effort to End Destructive Wildfires with Jay Stalnacker
$11 MILLION PRIZE!
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
We're taking a quick pause from our FRI Mini Series to tell you why you should join a team for XPrize's upcoming competition!
In this episode:
- What is the XPrize competition?
- Rethinking how to fight wildfires using space and autonomous response
- Insights into the life of a wildland firefighter
Find out from XPrize's Technical Lead Jay Stalnacker!
The $11M XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year competition to innovate firefighting technologies that will end destructive wildfires. The space-based track closes October 31st and the autonomous response track closes on January 31, 2024. Visit www.xprize.org/wildfire to learn more and register.
XPRIZE Wildfire is offered in partnership with Co-Title Sponsors Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Pacific Gas & Electric, Presenting Sponsor Minderoo Foundation, Bonus Prize Sponsor Lockheed Martin and Supporting Sponsors Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Costa Navarino, and individual benefactors.
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