From Nextgov: Fire fighters relying on high-tech tools in Southwest
GIS systems, GPS data and satellite, and Wi-Fi networks help fire managers plan strategy.
RATON, N.M. -- Intense physical labor has gone into fighting forest fires ravaging the Southwest this year, including the more-than-27,000-acre Track Fire straddling the New Mexico-Colorado border just north of this city.
Management of that effort relies on a variety of high-tech tools and satellite-fed computer systems, said Robert Cordts, planning chief for the multiagency Incident Management Team here.
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