The city of Oakland is trying out a new tool to help detect wildfires before they become a threat.
The fire chief joined city leaders and community members Thursday to announce a pilot program that will test out realtime fire monitoring sensors.
There are 10 sensors placed in critical areas in Oakland that will monitor air quality and can detect a fire up to 2 miles away, then notify firefighters. “Ten air quality sensors will be installed throughout the wildland urban interface area of the city of Oakland. These sensors will continually sample air quality. Once again, no audio, no visual sensors,” said Oakland Fire Department Chief Reginald Freeman.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
Some neighbors who lost homes in the Oakland Hills firestorms in 1991, like Carolyn Burgess, were at the announcement to hear about the technology.
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