Mapping & Pre-Fire Planning

International Association of Fire Chiefs
In 2025, companies unveiled prototype lightweight aerial vehicles and drones as a responder technology that will also fire and rescue agencies to deploy these devices immediately.
Jason Moore explores top technologies that will transform the fire service in 2026, from sound-based fire suppression and aerial response drones to innovative batteries.
Jan. 2, 2026
Charles Thomas
CAL FIRE’s Staff Chief Phillip SeLegue informs FireFusion attendees about the technologies that CAL FIRE uses for wildfire prevention and response.
Oct. 23, 2025
Charles Thomas
Fire Chief Dan Munsey opneed up the second day of FireFusion 2025 by presenting about smart city intitatives and how connectivity of data can help the fire service.
Oct. 17, 2025
Photos by Glen E. Ellman
On-board tracking and telematics technology for fire apparatus are vital tools for analyzing operations in terms of improving response times.
Aug. 12, 2025
Aug. 6, 2025
Text-to-911, 911Helpme.com and AI-powered call-handling ease the burden on call-takers and improve the effectiveness of responders.
June 6, 2025
H2M architects + engineers
Ten years of emergency response call locations represented as a heat map. The purple outline represents a 1.5-mile driving radius around each station.
March 18, 2025
Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
When the Middleton, MA, Fire Department (MFD) responded to a large brush fire in October 2024, the display of the Command feature of First Due’s software on a monitor in the operations command vehicle made managing MFD’s personnel and that of numerous neighboring departments, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services and others far more expeditious than if the traditional whiteboard approach was utilized.
Jan. 30, 2025
Qwake Technologies
C-Thru, from Qwake Technologies, uses augmented reality to improve navigation, communication, and coordination in environments faced by firefighters.
Jan. 3, 2025

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