Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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As California reacts to a record-breaking 2020 fire season, a backcountry observation network has reached a milestone of installing more than 610 cameras across California. The wildfire cameras are part of the ALERTWildfire camera network, built by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of Oregon. The network has become a vital firefighting tool helping first responders confirm and monitor wildfires from ignition through containment. The camera network can be viewed at http://www.alertwildfire.org, and followed at twitter.com/AlertWildfire.
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