ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. — As the summer wildfire season heats up in the West, a growing network of online cameras installed on forested mountaintops is changing the way crews fight fires by allowing early detection that triggers quicker, cheaper and more tactical suppression. The network of roughly 20 high-definition cameras being installed around the Lake Tahoe region can pan, tilt and zoom into fires.
New Cameras Keep Electronic Eye On Western Wildfires
HAVEN DALEY, Associated Press, The Columbian
Wed, 06/29/2016 - 10:31am
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