How one company is using AI for improved wildfire risk mitigation
Summary
Marketplace Tech host Stephanie Hughes interviews Technosilva CEO Brian Speer about using AI to predict wildfires and extreme weather. Speer explains how high-resolution, locally focused models provide faster, 15-day forecasts to help utilities and agencies mitigate risks. The discussion covers adapting to climate change, where historical data no longer reliably predicts future fire behavior in urban interfaces. Technosilva is also expanding its technology to forecast impacts from storms, ice, and heat.
Topics discussed
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Introduction to Technosilva and wildfire prediction
How AI improves forecast speed and resolution
Modeling urban conflagration and WUI risks
Why historical data no longer predicts future risks
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Expanding beyond wildfires to other extreme weather
Balancing technology with lived experience
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