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Anatomy of a Wildfire Disaster Response

Anatomy of a Wildfire Disaster Response. 14 December 2006 Brent Cobleigh, NASA - DFRC Vince Ambrosia NASA - ARC. Western States Fire Mission.

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Anatomy of a Wildfire Disaster Response

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  1. Anatomy of a Wildfire Disaster Response 14 December 2006 Brent Cobleigh, NASA - DFRC Vince Ambrosia NASA - ARC

  2. Western States Fire Mission • On October 25th, NASA, USFS, NOAA, and General Atomics completed the last of several 20+ hour UAS wildfire mission demonstrations over Yosemite National Park • Following the mission, the wildfire payload was removed • The COA for these mission required about 5 months of negotiation • Fully Autonomous. • Optimized for fire and thermal target characterization. • Real-Time data telemetry capability. • Full on-board processing to Level 2 data (geo- and terrain-rectified). Band Wavelength m 1 0.42- 0.45 2 0.45- 0.52 (TM1) 3 0.52- 0.60 (TM2) 4 0.60- 0.62 5 0.63- 0.69 (TM3) 6 0.69- 0.75 7 0.76- 0.90 (TM4) 8 0.91- 1.05 9 1.55- 1.75 (TM5) 10 2.08- 2.35 (TM7) 11 3.60- 3.79 (VIIRS M12) 12 10.26-11.26 10.26-11.26(VIIRS M15) AMS wildfire sensor

  3. Emergency Response Timeline Oct 27, 2006

  4. Emergency Response Timeline Oct 27, 2006

  5. Emergency Response Timeline Oct 27, 2006

  6. Combined COA and Range Safety Boundaries

  7. Fire perimeter and AMS image blend, white areas indicating fire hot spots, some outside the fire perimeter

  8. First fire image with AMS bands 12,7,5, 3D drape over terrain

  9. First fire image with AMS band 12,7,5, 3D drape, view over south side.

  10. Thermal band combination over Esperanza fire (5:45pm)

  11. Results • First Emergency COA for civilian disaster • Process worked very well • 94 images (geo- and terrain-corrected) and over 20 hot-spot perimeters were transmitted in real-time from the aircraft to a NASA-Ames server. The data and information were re-distributed (in real-time) to a Decision Support System (DSS) within Google Earth, enabling access to the data by the fire mapping teams. • Science team met with California Department of Forestry (CDF) Plans Chief, Infrared mapping group, and Chief CDF • Downlink data was available to them all night • Data products were used for planning and morning briefings • Got a good impression of how the command center works and how the data can integrate in the future • Requested meeting to discuss future collaboration • CA Emergency Operations Center expressed interest in follow-up collaboration during the mission • Press releases from NASA, GA, FAA • Downplayed due to loss of life • Delivered feedback to FAA on the mission / lessons learned

  12. Preplanning UAS Emergency Response Missions • Need an existing COA package on file with FAA • Airworthiness assessment • Mission rules and emergency procedures • Sensor and Aircraft need to be co-located • Emergency Response Procedures must be in place • logistics, phone numbers, timelines • Deployment plan (if required) • SatCom provider • Pre-coordinate with data users • Integrated into ConOps • Users need easy-to-access data products • Users need easy-to-use data products • Method for real-time communication between operators and users • Preplanned routes • Range safety involvement • Email equipped Cell phones for the leads • Contracting mechanisms (as required to conduct the mission) • Crew rest plan (if sustained operations are required)

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