We drive technological advancements to improve firefighting practices and influence innovation across the public safety community.
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The DFPC's Center of Excellence is celebrating our 5000th COTAK user today! Thank you to our public safety partners for trusting us "when where matters". @COStateFire
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The Center of Excellence recently participated in a collaborative effort with @NASAAmes and the @forestservice to use high-altitude balloons to improve real-time communications among firefighters battling wildland fires. Learn more below ⬇️
Up, up, and away!
We are participating in a collaborative effort to use high-altitude balloons to improve real-time communications among firefighters battling wildland fires.
Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3YNNMxV
ALT The Aerostar Thunderhead balloon carries the STRATO payload into the sky to reach the stratosphere for flight testing. The balloon appears deflated because it will expand as it rises to higher altitudes where pressures are lower. Credit: Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting/Austin Buttlar
Colorado recently participated in the FireTech Innovation Roundtable discussion at the @WhiteHouse to share how the State of Colorado is moving the needle by developing innovative approaches to wildfire operations. 🇺🇸🔥
Read the full story at cofiretech.org.
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NPS-DDP.org has announced their 2022 Award Winners. In the category of departments or organizations that have donated the most hardware in support of public safety, NPS-DDP presented the award to @cofiretech
Read more at bit.ly/3luY99J
Donating 5 UAS to the the National Public Safety Drone Donation Program is one way we accomplish our mission. Watch the video at bit.ly/3GDaq4w
In this video, we got to sit down with the NPSDDP to talk about the UAS we donated and the future of UAS in public safety- thank you NPSDDP! Learn more about their program at nps-ddp.org/
With our partners, we had the opportunity to test the effectiveness of a fire suppressant called FS-01 during a prescribed burn! Two piles were burned- brush and small juniper trees that are specifically constructed to mimic the natural fuel beds found on the Western Slope of CO.
A big thanks to our partners @COStateFire @CORiverFire & @GarfieldCounty @Garco911
Learn more at cofiretech.org #cofire
“To improve the safety & effectiveness of first responders during tactical operations the CoE has worked to facilitate adoption of TAK…it is a geospatial mapping engine, that facilitates tactical situational awareness…”
Our UAS Program Manager talks TAK: Team Awareness Kit
“TAK provides up-to-the-second location tracking and mapping capabilities to firefighters, as well as cutting edge connectivity solutions and integrations of sensors and cameras for use by firefighters.”
Our UAS Program Manager and Deputy Director present at the 2022 Fire Leadership Challenge! @COStateFire 🔥
We recently entered into a 5-year, $1.6 million agreement with the @forestservice to develop innovative technologies for wildland fire management... Read the full release at bit.ly/3Vkbm2S #cofire #dfpcfire @COStateFire
Recently, we had an opportunity to put one of our pan-tilt zoom (PTZ) cameras to work! 🎥
After a single tree fire 🔥 near Harvey Gap Reservoir in Garfield County was reported to @CORiverFire via 911, fire chiefs at CRFR used the PTZ camera to capture information on the fire
& help their firefighters respond. Several PTZ cameras are being piloted by the CoE to assist incident managers with monitoring wildland fires, floods, and other natural disasters. #cofire #publicsafety
To improve the safety and effectiveness of first responders during tactical operations the CoE has worked to facilitate adoption of the Team Awareness Kit (TAK). Learn more at bit.ly/3xui3UU #cofire #publicsafety
CoTAK is capable of tracking personnel & equipment in the middle of chaos. DFPCs Resource Coordination Unit Chief, Don Whittemore discussed updates on the Colorado Coordinated Regional Mutual Aid System (CCRMAS).
This week we worked with the @COStateFire Multi Mission Aircraft Unit to test a video downlink capability with MIMO radios from Silvus Technologies. Watch the entire video at bit.ly/3NwgTyR #cofire
🎥 @canonhelitack Working the #HighParkFire in Colorado. We use strobe flashlights to signal to the helicopter where we are or where to drop water and retardant on a fire. The strobes are able to be seen through thick smoke and flames from miles away. #cofire
Big thanks to @overwatchaero @undaerospace @isight_drones for coming out to beautiful Calhan, CO to discuss and show the incredible capability of #uas in #publicsafety
Being part of the the lead state fire agency in Colorado #cofire the Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting (CoE), we drive technological advancements to improve firefighting practices and influence innovation across the public safety community.
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