NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety0

• Ames Earth Science Division, Ames Research Center, Ames Research Center's Science Directorate, Earth Science, Earth Science Division, Earth Science Technology Office, Langley Research Center, SCIENCE, Wildfires, Wildland Fire Management
• May 27, 2026

With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will alert firefighters when heat from a nearby fire reaches a dangerous level. The sensors also provide researchers with important data on what happens beneath the canopy during a fire. In April, researchers and