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March 22, 2019:
The state’s first Wildfire Technology Innovation Summit will take place on March 20-21, 2019 in Sacramento, California. The Summit will gather thought leaders and practitioners from state and local governments, academia, industry and others to inform and engage each other about the challenges of wildfires and tools that can help us better manage these devastating disasters.

Feb 19, 2019:
Dr. Larry Dale from Berkeley Lab’s Energy Technologies Area will provide an overview of his EPIC-funded research project exploring potential impacts of California’s changing wildfire risk on transmission and distribution systems. Visit the EPIC Symposium website.

February 7, 2019:
Join CCST for a discussion with a team of experts from UC San Diego, UC Berkeley, NASA-Ames/CSU Monterey Bay, and the Moraga-Orinda FireDistrict who are developing and implementing technologies to provide real-time information on wildfires to emergency responders. Watch the Video.

January 23, 2019:
The Fire Research Group will utilize advanced manufacturing technologies such as additive manufacturing and 3D printing to embed sensors into devices that will produce inexpensive next-generation firefighting tools for harsh environments.

November 15, 2018:
The group is a collective of researchers from the College of Engineering, the Space Sciences Laboratory (Berkeley) and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs.