PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Wildfire season is fast approaching but firefighters in the western United States have a new tool on their side, a vast network of artificial intelligence-assisted cameras.
A collaborative effort between the University of Oregon's Oregon Hazard Lab and their partners at the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of California, San Diego, their new program called ALERTWest links around 1,200 cameras which use AI to deliver early fire alerts to improve response times.