Channel 4 NBC Austin features Simtable’s collaboration with the Institute for Disaster Resilience Texas, on flood modeling and visualization at the Texas Emergency Management Conference in San Antonio. Read the story here: New Texas flood simulation system could save lives when natural disasters strike Suzanne Pierce works at the Texas Advanced Computing Center and is […]
NBC Channel 4 in Austin features Simtable’s collaboration with the Institute for Disaster Resilience
Video from NSW, Australia shows the Simtable being used for bushfire preparedness
The bushfire preparedness video introduced by Local Government New Sout Wales President Linda Scott highlights the unique features of the Simtable and how it is being used as part of the Council’s Climate Wise Communities program to build resilience to climate change. Ku-ring-gai Council was funded through the Increasing Resilience to Climate Change program to […]
Watch Victoria, Australia’s Bushfire scenario demonstration using Simtable
Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning for the state of Victoria in Australia demonstrates a Simtable bushfire scenario, an engaging way to visually display the passage of fire through a landscape in 3D.
60 Minutes Overtime features CAL FIRE reviewing the Camp Fire with Simtable
60 Minutes features CAL FIRE Director Ken Pimlott reviewing the Camp Fire and explaining the complex challenges of how to mitigate these disasters in the future. These strategies include hardening housing structures to withstand ember storms, introducing fire back into the landscape through prescribed and managed fires, and applying the latest technologies to improve real-time […]
Cal Fire video unveiling new firefighting tech tool during Pawnee Fire
Reporting from Lake County News – Cal Fire officials are using a new tool in the battle to contain the Pawnee fire east of Clearlake Oaks. On Wednesday, at the command center located at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Lakeport, Cal Fire hosted a small gathering to unveil the new firefighting technology. John Heggie, a […]
KPIX San Francisco news story on Simtable battling the Pawnee Fire
“New High-Tech Tool Models Where Fire Might Move, Helping Crews Battling Pawnee Fire” Andria Borba reports on 3-D technology that is helping firefighters battling the Pawnee Fire stay a step ahead of the flames.
News from KXAN “New tech to help Austin Fire Department prepare for future wildfires”
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Despite the recent rain, most of west Austin is just a notch below being listed as a very high risk of wildfires. “In a summer like this summer, the wildfire risk is still high,” said Keri Hines of Texas A&M Forest Service. Hines’ agency has several Simtables, a high tech tool that allows […]
Simtable Wildfire Simulation from Texas A&M Forest Service
Simtable Wildfire Simulation video from Texas A&M Forest Service Simtable’s unique training uses interactive agent-based fire modeling, bringing sand table exercises to life in your own high risk areas allowing mitigation and fuels planning in a truly interactive experience.
Spanish Translation of Simtable’s Keynote Speech in Toledo, Spain
Simtable’s keynote talk in Toledo, Spain at the “New Technologies in Management of Wildfire” November 16 and 17, 2016 with Technosylva. What a great learning experience on the Spanish perspective of wildland fire. Thank you to the Pau Costa foundation for the translation.
Santa Fe Fire Department demonstrates the Simtable
Wildland Urban Specialist, Porfirio Chavarria, with the Santa Fe Fire Department demonstrates the Simtable for a community outreach session on City Hall Live in June 2016.
