Understanding Fast Fires Through Earth Science Data

3% of fires are wind events with fire in them and these fast fires cause nearly 90% of home loss, with 80% occurring in grasslands & shrublands  

What: Livestream discussion of groundbreaking data about the dominant features of destructive fires and how this informs mitigations that matter.

Who: U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Lori Moore Merrell, NASA’s Dr. Michael Falkowski, CU Boulder’s Environmental Data Science Innovation and Inclusion Lab Director Dr. Jennifer Balch, Navteca’s Shayna Solis

When:​December 12th, 2024, 1 PST, 4 PM ET

Where: On Zoom at: https://fema.zoomgov.com/j/1610612052?pwd=UbCKX1tsrxbUYa6YGL5bvaHyyHHrCm.1 

When: Thursday Dec 12, 2024 ⋅ 1pm – 2pm (Pacific Time - Los Angeles)