{"id":616858,"date":"2024-02-20T11:54:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=616858"},"modified":"2024-02-20T11:59:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T16:59:28","slug":"nasa-leader-casey-swails-learns-about-wildfire-work-at-nasa-ames","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasa-leader-casey-swails-learns-about-wildfire-work-at-nasa-ames\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Leader Casey Swails Learns About Wildfire Work at NASA Ames"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 59% 50%; object-position: 59% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg 3790w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=300,211 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=768,540 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=1024,721 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=1536,1081 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=2048,1441 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=400,281 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=600,422 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=900,633 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=1200,844 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-032-crop.jpg?resize=2000,1407 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Brandon Torres<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails views a demonstration on screen in the Airspace Operations Laboratory at NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Researchers presented the diverse, long-running efforts in aeronautics at Ames that have helped lay the foundation for agency work related to wildfire response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include a project to help integrate drones into the airspace with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/ames\/what-is-unmanned-aircraft-systems-traffic-management\/\">Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management<\/a>, their application to disaster response with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/ames\/what-is-scalable-traffic-management-for-emergency-response-operations\/\">Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations<\/a> project, and how those informed NASA\u2019s newest effort to make wildfire response more targeted and adaptable, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/ames\/advanced-capabilities-for-emergency-response-operations-acero\/\">Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations<\/a> project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Falkowski, program manager for the Applied Sciences Wildland Fire program at NASA Headquarters presented wildfire efforts happening under NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/cce.nasa.gov\/firesense\/\" rel=\"noopener\">FireSense<\/a> project, led out of Ames. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The importance of collaborations within NASA and with partner agencies was also highlighted. Wildfires are complex phenomena and tackling their challenges will require the work of many, for the benefit of all.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1669\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png?w=1669\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 74% 38%; object-position: 74% 38%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png 1669w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png?resize=300,194 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png?resize=768,497 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png?resize=1024,663 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png?resize=1536,994 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png?resize=400,259 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png?resize=600,388 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png?resize=900,582 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/acd24-0019-029.png?resize=1200,777 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1669px) 100vw, 1669px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, left, and Jeff Homola, NASA research engineer, discuss aeronautics projects at Ames that support the agency\u2019s work to optimize wildfire response efforts in collaboration with its partners. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Brandon Torres<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails views a demonstration on screen in the Airspace Operations Laboratory at NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. 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