Mark Zaller

Rekindles are tragedies that haunt firefighters. The Palisades Fire killed 12 people, destroyed 6,873 structures, and cost roughly $200 billion. Maui’s disaster took 102 lives, burned 2,200 structures, and generated $3.8 billion in insurance claims. The Oakland Hills...

On the 2021 Dixie Fire, HELCO was watching our mapping flight’s live feed on an iPad: AI-generated fire polygons from an Overwatch TK-7, full-motion thermal IR, and map overlays updated in near real time. As our Turbine Commander...