Researchers urge a 'Wildfire Commons' to share data and scale effective tools
Oct 20, 2026
UC San Diego and researchers urged a federated data and model infrastructure to make wildfire models, aircraft intelligence and utility datasets interoperable to accelerate learning and lower costs, a proposal panelists said could help small utilities adopt proven solutions.
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Dr. Ilkay Altintas of UC San Diego described a federated interoperability approach to make wildfire models and operational datasets discoverable and reusable across utilities and emergency agencies. Altintas cited prior programs (WiFIRE, FIRES) and said a California Wildfire Commons could let utilities, scientists and the public access standardized models and methods without centralizing sensitive operational data.
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