State-of-the-art early warning wildfire detection demonstration

FALLBROOK — The Fallbrook Fire Safe Council is pleased to announce that the greater Fallbrook area is the site chosen to demonstrate how advanced sensor technology can be used to prepare and alert communities about the hazard of wildfires.

Through a grant from the US Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunity Program, state-of-the art fire sensors will be installed on an existing wireless sensor network at San Diego State University’s Santa Margarita Ecological reserve. These sensors will serve as sentinels for both early detection of wildfire, and for pinpointing the specific location of...