UP42 + OroraTech facilitate geospatial thermal-infrared data access with on-demand tasking – SatNews

UP42 + OroraTech facilitate geospatial thermal-infrared data access with on-demand tasking – SatNews

UP42, a geospatial developer platform and marketplace, and OroraTech, a leader in space-based thermal intelligence, have signed a partnership agreement to grant easy and fast access to global, high-resolution, thermal-infrared imagery — OroraTech delivers low-latency, global coverage, near-real-time thermal data products. OroraTech, the first of its kind to join UP42’s growing marketplace of nearly 80 data […]

Preparing for more severe fire seasons: the southern hemisphere

Preparing for more severe fire seasons: the southern hemisphere

According to Loreto Moraga, President of the Asociación Chilena de Helicópteros, the fleet of Chile consists of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft in the light and medium categories, which are distributed throughout the central and southern areas of the country. “In addition, there is a fleet of foreign aircraft that come to work during the fire […]

How Canada’s wildfire season will shape reinsurance renewals

How Canada’s wildfire season will shape reinsurance renewals

Reinsurers have their ears to the ground on climate change losses, and Canada’s record wildfire season is adding to the heat, according to industry experts.   But while reinsurers are keeping a close watch on wildfire risk, tallied wildfire losses aren’t expected to raise reinsurance renewals for Canadian carriers exponentially, experts told Canadian Underwriter.   Part […]

Hawaii attorney general subpoenas multiple Maui departments amid wildfire probe

Hawaii attorney general subpoenas multiple Maui departments amid wildfire probe

Three key Maui departments have been served subpoenas in order to move forward the Hawaii Attorney General’s Office investigation into the deadly wildfires as critical facts are still needed. Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez subpoenaed the Maui Emergency Management Agency, the County of Maui Department of Public Works, and the County of Maui Department […]

Alberta sees more wildfires amid mild weather and dry climates

Alberta sees more wildfires amid mild weather and dry climates

Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News Published Nov 28, 2023  •  Last updated 23 minutes ago  •  2 minute read The fire dubbed the Bald Mountain Fire presented firefighters with a wall of flames, south of Grande Prairie, Alberta. Photo courtesy Alberta Wildfire. Article content Despite the end of the wildfire season, mild weather and dryer climate […]

Louisiana suffered worst wildfires in century: Here’s what was lost

Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain will ask the Legislature for $43 million to beef up firefighting equipment and personnel after the state suffered its worst wildfire season in a century, wiping out 62,000 acres of mostly forestland. Wildfires that escalated in August and raged through October destroyed $71 million in timber, according to […]

Small wildfire burns in hills near Indio

Small wildfire burns in hills near Indio

A remote brush fire was burning in the hills near Indio on Monday, according to CAL FIRE. Firefighters got a call around 11:20 a.m. of a fire burning in the desert hills north of the intersection of Washington Street and Coyote Song Way near Indio. Cal Fire said the fire was burning in an area […]