$30 million awarded to fund wildfire-monitoring planes proven in major disasters

Pilot Reinhard Schmidt in the Fire Integrated Real-time Intelligence System (FIRIS) airplane on the tarmac at Burbank Airport Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The state Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), the L.A. city fire department and the Orange County Fire Authority held a media availability to demonstrate the state-of-the-art “FIRIS” airplane equipped with high-def and infrared cameras. The plane

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