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Time lapse videos of the Highland Fire in Riverside County California taken on October 30, 2023 captured by the ALERTCalifornia camera network. ALERTCalifornia's camera sensors can see 60-70 miles on a clear day and more than 120 miles on a clear night. These cameras provide emergency managers with the information they need to respond to and monitor hazards like wildfires in real time. Visit CAL FIRE's incident page for updates on the Highland Fire and other fires across California: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2023/10/30/highland-fire Watch ALERTCalifornia's more than 1,060 monitoring cameras live at https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org #calfire #ALERTCalifornia #wildfire #californiafire #RiversideCounty HighlandFire #california #firefighter ------- About ALERTCalifornia: ALERTCalifornia provides state-of-the-art technology that supports data-driven decisions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters. Based at the University of California San Diego, ALERTCalifornia is a public safety program working to understand wildfires and other natural hazards, and determine short and long-term impacts on people and the environment to inform management decisions. The state-focused program manages a network of more than 1,060 monitoring cameras and sensor arrays, and collects data that provides actionable, real-time information to inform public safety. In addition to the camera network, and in response to increasingly frequent and severe climate-driven disasters, ALERTCalifornia is prioritizing novel data collection and research. These data are open-source and are shared with fellow institutions and partners. Advanced technology offers fresh insight into the cascading disasters associated with wildfires, such as post-fire debris flows, floods, and erosion. These data will lead to a greater understanding of natural disasters and their long-term pacts on air, water, and soil quality as well as human health in California. Our multidisciplinary team is based at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, Qualcomm Institute, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. We also work closely with partners like CAL FIRE across the state. Learn more at https://alertcalifornia.org
Highland Fire: Riverside County - October 30, 2023
Coyote Fire in San Diego County as viewed from the Lyons Peak fire camera. #ALERTCalifornia #CoyoteFire #CALFIRE #SDU #wildfire
Coyote Fire in San Diego County 8/17/2023
Afternoon time lapse on 7/26 of the Owen Fire in Los Angeles County as viewed by ALERTCalifornia's Topanga Canyon 1 camera. Watch ALERTCalifornia's more than 1,030 monitoring cameras live at https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org #calfire #ALERTCalifornia #wildfire #californiafire #losangeles #Losangelescounty #OwenFire #california #firefighter ------- About ALERTCalifornia: ALERTCalifornia provides state-of-the-art technology that supports data-driven decisions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters. Based at the University of California San Diego, ALERTCalifornia is a public safety program working to understand wildfires and other natural hazards, and determine short and long-term impacts on people and the environment to inform management decisions. The state-focused program manages a network of more than 1,030 monitoring cameras and sensor arrays, and collects data that provides actionable, real-time information to inform public safety. In addition to the camera network, and in response to increasingly frequent and severe climate-driven disasters, ALERTCalifornia is prioritizing novel data collection and research. These data are open-source and are shared with fellow institutions and partners. Advanced technology offers fresh insight into the cascading disasters associated with wildfires, such as post-fire debris flows, floods, and erosion. These data will lead to a greater understanding of natural disasters and their long-term pacts on air, water, and soil quality as well as human health in California. Our multidisciplinary team is based at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, Qualcomm Institute, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. We also work closely with partners like CAL FIRE across the state. Learn more at https://alertcalifornia.org
Owen Fire: Los Angeles County July 2023
Time lapse video capturing ignition, sunset, night vision monitoring, and sunrise over the Wonder Fire in Shasta County CA on July 24-25, 2023. ALERTCalifornia's camera sensors can see 60-70 miles on a clear day and more than 120 miles on a clear night. These cameras provide emergency managers with the information they need to respond to and monitor hazards like wildfires in real time. Visit CAL FIRE's incident page for updates on the Wonder Fire and other fires across California: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2023/7/24/wonder-fire Watch ALERTCalifornia's more than 1,030 monitoring cameras live at https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org #calfire #ALERTCalifornia #wildfire #californiafire #shastacounty #lakeshasta #wonderfire #california #firefighter ------- About ALERTCalifornia: ALERTCalifornia provides state-of-the-art technology that supports data-driven decisions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters. Based at the University of California San Diego, ALERTCalifornia is a public safety program working to understand wildfires and other natural hazards, and determine short and long-term impacts on people and the environment to inform management decisions. The state-focused program manages a network of more than 1,030 monitoring cameras and sensor arrays, and collects data that provides actionable, real-time information to inform public safety. In addition to the camera network, and in response to increasingly frequent and severe climate-driven disasters, ALERTCalifornia is prioritizing novel data collection and research. These data are open-source and are shared with fellow institutions and partners. Advanced technology offers fresh insight into the cascading disasters associated with wildfires, such as post-fire debris flows, floods, and erosion. These data will lead to a greater understanding of natural disasters and their long-term pacts on air, water, and soil quality as well as human health in California. Our multidisciplinary team is based at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, Qualcomm Institute, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. We also work closely with partners like CAL FIRE across the state. Learn more at https://alertcalifornia.org
Wonder Fire: Shasta County July 2023
Time lapse video of the Rabbit Fire on 7/15/23 from two ALERTCalifornia cameras. The Mount David North and Mount David South cameras provided Firefighters with the views they need to effectively fight the #RabbitFire and protect critical infrastructure. Watch ALERTCalifornia's more than 1000 monitoring cameras live at https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org #calfire #ALERTCalifornia #wildfire #californiafire #riversidecounty #california #firefighter ------- About ALERTCalifornia: ALERTCalifornia provides state-of-the-art technology that supports data-driven decisions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters. Based at the University of California San Diego, ALERTCalifornia is a public safety program working to understand wildfires and other natural hazards and determine short and long-term impacts on people and the environment to inform management decisions. The state-focused program manages a network of more than 1,000 monitoring cameras and sensor arrays, and collects data that provides actionable, real-time information to inform public safety. In addition to the camera network, and in response to increasingly frequent and severe climate-driven disasters, ALERTCalifornia is prioritizing novel data collection and research. These data are open-source and are shared with fellow institutions and partners. Advanced technology offers fresh insight into the cascading disasters associated with wildfires, such as post-fire debris flows, floods, and erosion. These data will lead to a greater understanding of natural disasters and their long-term pacts on air, water, and soil quality as well as human health in California. Our multidisciplinary team is based at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, Qualcomm Institute, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. We also work closely with partners across the state. Learn more at https://alertcalifornia.org
Rabbit Fire: Riverside County July 2023
ALERTCalifornia is a University of California San Diego collaborative public safety program providing the tools to prepare for, respond to and recover from wildfires and other natural hazards in the Golden State. Formerly part of the ALERTWildfire camera network, the now state-focused program manages more than 1,000 pan-tilt-zoom wildfire monitoring cameras and sensor arrays in California, and collects data that provides actionable, real-time information to inform public safety for natural disasters. View the live cameras at alertcalifornia.org
ALERTCalifornia: Prepare | Respond | Recover
ALERTCalifornia researchers combine different types of data to create detailed visualizations of California landscapes. These visualizations will help California prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters.
Fly Through Yosemite National Park - ALERTCalifornia Data Visualization
Lobo Fire in Los Angeles County as viewed from the Saddle Peak fire camera on 9/24/22. Look closely and you can spot helicopters and air tankers making drops, and hand crews cutting a fireline along the left flank of the fire.
Lobo Fire 09/24/22
Mosquito Fire in ElDorado/Placer County as viewed from the Bald Mountain El Dorado fire camera. #MosquitoFire #USFS #TNF #wildfire
Mosquito Fire 9/8/22
Pleasant Fire in Nevada County as viewed from the Barr Ranch fire camera. #PleasantFire #CALFIRE #NEU #wildfire
Pleasant Fire 8/20/22
Alisal Fire in Santa Barbara County as viewed from the Santa Ynez Peak fire camera. #ALERTWildfire #AlisalFire #USFS #LPF #CALFIRE #SBC #wildfire
Alisal Fire 10/12/21
Windy Fire in Tulare County as viewed from the Tobias Peak fire camera 1 & 2 on 9/26. #ALERTWildfire #WindyFire #USFS #SQF #TIA #wildfire
Windy Fire 9/26/21
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Neal Driscoll

Principal Investigator

Dr. Neal Driscoll is the principal investigator of the ALERTCalifornia program at the University of California San Diego, where he is a professor of geology and geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Driscoll’s background in natural hazard research traces back more than 35 years. He has published more than 120 manuscripts in high impact peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature Geoscience, Geology, and the Journal of Geophysical Research on subjects ranging from earthquake hazards to devastating wildfires., He has received multiple awards during his career, including the Heezen and Storke Awards for excellence in research and UC San Diego’s inaugural Undergraduate Teaching Award. Driscoll has also appeared in articles published by The Associated Press, The New York Times, CBS News, The Los Angeles Times, KGTV, KPBS and other notable news outlets.

Driscoll received his Ph.D. in geology and geophysics from Columbia University and worked as an associate research scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, MA before joining UC San Diego in 2000. His research interests at Scripps Oceanography include landscape and seascape evolution in response to tectonic deformation, sea-level fluctuations, climate, neotectonics, and geohazards.