Wildfires

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has published a report on how technology could be used more effectively in fighting wildfires. The 30-page report, link here, starts by pointing out that 100 million Americans live in areas that potentially are threatened by fire damage or smoke caused…

This week I interviewed a man we featured in the documentary film The Last House Standing. California residents are all too aware of the potential for natural disasters. Fires, earthquakes, and other calamities can cause immense disruption to their lives, often with long-term and even life-changing consequences. Jefferson Wagner, aka…

In a past article, I wrote about six of the reasons why so many people do not prepare for disasters. This follow-up article will discuss how to tailor your disaster preparation plan to your family. To do so, your plan must be practical. What makes a plan practical? A practical…

Athena helps insurers gain greater insights and confidence in dealing with wildfire risk. We already know where fires are most likely to occur in 2023 — and, more importantly, which buildings are unlikely to be damaged. But for all our forward-looking focus, it is always interesting to think about the…

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Every industry has its buzzwords or emerging concepts. For example, the 1st time I heard Synthetic Data the reaction was “Ah Ha! That’s how to describe the Voice of the Acre®.” Athena takes raw data that is difficult to understand or aggregate and refines it into a new form, which…

How the AI2 Wildlands team is using AI to help manage wildfires — The state of the world In at least eight states across North America, the wildfire season of 2022 caused road closures, forced evacuations, and air quality that ranked worst in the world due to the associated smoke. Six of the ten most destructive wildfires in California's history have occurred within the last five years. …

Follow us on LinkedIn. We post several times a week and will post some information here as well. Recently, Accenture has published a number of reports that relate to insurance profitability and AI. Most of what is said/written about the use of AI focuses consumers, and most of what is…