NASA develops sensor to improve firefighter safety
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.
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