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February 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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“I don't think you can ever replace the talent and the expertise and the know-how of the front line [firefighters],” Anukool Lakhina, CEO of BurnBot, told @kbrigham.bsky.social this week. “But what you can do is make their job safer.”
Read about more firetech companies @heatmap.news
Read about more firetech companies @heatmap.news
5 Tech Startups Working to Prevent Future Fires
From grid monitoring to controlled burn robots.
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January 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“I don't think you can ever replace the talent and the expertise and the know-how of the front line [firefighters],” Anukool Lakhina, CEO of BurnBot, told @kbrigham.bsky.social this week. “But what you can do is make their job safer.”
Read about more firetech companies @heatmap.news
Read about more firetech companies @heatmap.news
SentinelOne researchers detail over 10 offensive cybersecurity patents filed by Shanghai Firetech, a company allegedly involved in Beijing's Silk Typhoon hacks (Jonathan Greig/The Record)
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August 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
SentinelOne researchers detail over 10 offensive cybersecurity patents filed by Shanghai Firetech, a company allegedly involved in Beijing's Silk Typhoon hacks (Jonathan Greig/The Record)
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- Sometimes that’s meant — most recently — working for a firetech startup. 🔥 🏡
- I am a big Star Trek fan and cherish the values as laid out by Capt. Picard: “The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth.” 🖖🏽
- I am a big Star Trek fan and cherish the values as laid out by Capt. Picard: “The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth.” 🖖🏽
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
- Sometimes that’s meant — most recently — working for a firetech startup. 🔥 🏡
- I am a big Star Trek fan and cherish the values as laid out by Capt. Picard: “The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth.” 🖖🏽
- I am a big Star Trek fan and cherish the values as laid out by Capt. Picard: “The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth.” 🖖🏽
What is "fire tech"? It's a whole new ecosystem of fire risk mitigation, management, and restoration tools to help tackle the wildfire crisis. Great article by @canarymediainc.bsky.social :
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli...
A new wave of startups is tackling a huge emissions source: wildfires
The growing field of "firetech" is reinventing the age-old practice of prescribed burns and devising other novel methods of preventing and suppressing fires.
www.canarymedia.com
November 17, 2023 at 7:05 PM
What is "fire tech"? It's a whole new ecosystem of fire risk mitigation, management, and restoration tools to help tackle the wildfire crisis. Great article by @canarymediainc.bsky.social :
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli...
This week I got to witness a demo of acoustic fire suppression in Concord, CA.
Experts I spoke with still have a lot of questions.
Read my latest for @arstechnica.com :
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
Experts I spoke with still have a lot of questions.
Read my latest for @arstechnica.com :
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?
Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial.
arstechnica.com
May 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Deepest expertise: Silicon Valley (startups, scams, criminal justice, surveillance), wildfire tech & policy, and the tech/law intersection. As a 4th-gen Californian who covered #firetech since 2020 and worked at a wildfire-tech startup in 2025 — I actually know the beat.
February 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Deepest expertise: Silicon Valley (startups, scams, criminal justice, surveillance), wildfire tech & policy, and the tech/law intersection. As a 4th-gen Californian who covered #firetech since 2020 and worked at a wildfire-tech startup in 2025 — I actually know the beat.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ready to amplify your wildfire expertise? Create your Expert Network profile to: Share your specialized knowledge, find collaborators across disciplines, access cutting-edge tools and data, and shape the future of Firetech. Set-up your profile at: www.wildfirecommons.org
🧾 The GAIA Climate Loan Fund raised $600mn for emerging market resilience — with 25% earmarked for LDCs and island nations
Adaptation Finance Gap Widens, Lancet's Climate-Health Risks Warning, FireTech Start-up Raises $48mn, and More
PLUS: GAIA Climate Loan Fund, US officials to skip COP30, Esri augments AWS partnership
www.climateproof.news
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🧾 The GAIA Climate Loan Fund raised $600mn for emerging market resilience — with 25% earmarked for LDCs and island nations
Airbus digitalise la lutte contre les incendies : drones et data pour agir plus vite. Vrai tournant ou simple effet techno ?
aeromorning.com/airbus-digit... #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Drones #FireTech #ClimateTech
aeromorning.com/airbus-digit... #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Drones #FireTech #ClimateTech
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March 27, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Airbus digitalise la lutte contre les incendies : drones et data pour agir plus vite. Vrai tournant ou simple effet techno ?
aeromorning.com/airbus-digit... #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Drones #FireTech #ClimateTech
aeromorning.com/airbus-digit... #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Drones #FireTech #ClimateTech
Airbus booste la lutte anti-feux avec tech et data : promesse concrète ou hype face aux incendies qui explosent ?
www.clubic.com/actualite-60... #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Drones #FireTech #ClimateTech
www.clubic.com/actualite-60... #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Drones #FireTech #ClimateTech
Airbus a trouvé le moyen de vraiment mieux combattre les feux de forêt
Airbus a réalisé une première dans la lutte contre les feux de forêt, en connectant par l'intelligence artificielle des drones, hélicoptères et avions pour réussir des largages d'eau ultra-précis.
www.clubic.com
March 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Airbus booste la lutte anti-feux avec tech et data : promesse concrète ou hype face aux incendies qui explosent ?
www.clubic.com/actualite-60... #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Drones #FireTech #ClimateTech
www.clubic.com/actualite-60... #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #Drones #FireTech #ClimateTech
Returning from vacation, I thought I'd missed the time window to share my #firetech story. Unfortunately, blazes are still raging across California in a prolonged #wildfire season. For those who haven't read the story but would like to, here is @bloomberg.com 🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Robots Are Starting (Good) Fires in California
BurnBot’s tank-like robot helps manage wildfire risk by conducting controlled burns with no open flames, minimal smoke and much less manpower.
www.bloomberg.com
September 11, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Returning from vacation, I thought I'd missed the time window to share my #firetech story. Unfortunately, blazes are still raging across California in a prolonged #wildfire season. For those who haven't read the story but would like to, here is @bloomberg.com 🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Smart buildings need smart fire systems 🏢🔥. Integrated tech connects alarms, sprinklers, HVAC, and emergency response—because reaction time matters. Fast detection = fast action. ⏱️🚨 #ConnectedSafety #FireTech
August 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Smart buildings need smart fire systems 🏢🔥. Integrated tech connects alarms, sprinklers, HVAC, and emergency response—because reaction time matters. Fast detection = fast action. ⏱️🚨 #ConnectedSafety #FireTech
Kevin Stiroh, formerly the leading climate official at the Federal Reserve, has joined Resources For The Future as a founding member of the advisory committee for the Climate-related Financial and Macroeconomic Risk Initiative
via @climateproof.news
www.climateproof.news/p/people-mov...
via @climateproof.news
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October 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Kevin Stiroh, formerly the leading climate official at the Federal Reserve, has joined Resources For The Future as a founding member of the advisory committee for the Climate-related Financial and Macroeconomic Risk Initiative
via @climateproof.news
www.climateproof.news/p/people-mov...
via @climateproof.news
www.climateproof.news/p/people-mov...
Der erste #FireSat-Satellit ist im Orbit! 🌍🚀 Das von @GoogleResearch, @Muon_Space & Earth Fire Alliance initiierte Projekt erkennt #Waldbrände in nur 20 Min. ab 5x5 m. KI ersetzt veraltete Satellitenbilder – für schnellere & genauere Hilfe! #FireTech
March 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Der erste #FireSat-Satellit ist im Orbit! 🌍🚀 Das von @GoogleResearch, @Muon_Space & Earth Fire Alliance initiierte Projekt erkennt #Waldbrände in nur 20 Min. ab 5x5 m. KI ersetzt veraltete Satellitenbilder – für schnellere & genauere Hilfe! #FireTech
I appreciate your feedback and thank you for reading. It seems to me, more generally, that there isn't per se a tech-driven solution to preventing destructive wildfires, after speaking with numerous experts.
Some of my prev coverage:
www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusf...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Some of my prev coverage:
www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusf...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Startups Think They Can Beat Wildfires, But Insurance Companies Aren’t Buying It Yet
VCs are pouring millions into ‘firetech’ companies, even though their tools are a “drop in the bucket” in terms of addressing this increasingly destructive problem.
www.forbes.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I appreciate your feedback and thank you for reading. It seems to me, more generally, that there isn't per se a tech-driven solution to preventing destructive wildfires, after speaking with numerous experts.
Some of my prev coverage:
www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusf...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Some of my prev coverage:
www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusf...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The growing global #wildfire problem is giving rise to “firetech” start-ups. They aim to reinvent the age-old practice of controlled burnings and devising other novel methods of preventing and suppressing fires. @ewesoff reports:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli...
A new wave of startups is tackling a huge emissions source: wildfires
The growing field of "firetech" is reinventing the age-old practice of prescribed burns and devising other novel methods of preventing and suppressing fires.
www.canarymedia.com
November 13, 2023 at 2:48 PM
The growing global #wildfire problem is giving rise to “firetech” start-ups. They aim to reinvent the age-old practice of controlled burnings and devising other novel methods of preventing and suppressing fires. @ewesoff reports:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli...
💸 Loans make up 58% of adaptation finance to vulnerable nations. Experts fear rising debt burdens could kill climate resilience efforts
Adaptation Finance Gap Widens, Lancet's Climate-Health Risks Warning, FireTech Start-up Raises $48mn, and More
PLUS: GAIA Climate Loan Fund, US officials to skip COP30, Esri augments AWS partnership
www.climateproof.news
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
💸 Loans make up 58% of adaptation finance to vulnerable nations. Experts fear rising debt burdens could kill climate resilience efforts
Today’s #constructivenews for you: learn about “firetech” start-ups, find out what’s so unique about @NorthwesternU’s graduating class this coming Wednesday, understand what #SouthAfrica’s new laws concerning parental leave rights are about & much more! squirrel-news.net/news/chinas-...
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November 13, 2023 at 2:57 PM
Today’s #constructivenews for you: learn about “firetech” start-ups, find out what’s so unique about @NorthwesternU’s graduating class this coming Wednesday, understand what #SouthAfrica’s new laws concerning parental leave rights are about & much more! squirrel-news.net/news/chinas-...
Specs first.
Smithtown FD’s new Rescue 9:
Ferrara Ultra | 500 hp Cummins X12 | short cab walk-in | 8 SCBA seats | fire side / tech rescue side layout | transverse RIT compartments | 25 kW generator | gas + eDRAULIC HURST | FireTech/Whelen/FRC lighting.
Full build details: https://ow.ly/7GOc50XVFi9
Smithtown FD’s new Rescue 9:
Ferrara Ultra | 500 hp Cummins X12 | short cab walk-in | 8 SCBA seats | fire side / tech rescue side layout | transverse RIT compartments | 25 kW generator | gas + eDRAULIC HURST | FireTech/Whelen/FRC lighting.
Full build details: https://ow.ly/7GOc50XVFi9
Smithtown (NY) Fire Department Receives New Rescue 9
Smithtown Fire Department in New York unveils its new Rescue 9, replacing an aging rig with enhanced capacity and features for improved emergency response.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Specs first.
Smithtown FD’s new Rescue 9:
Ferrara Ultra | 500 hp Cummins X12 | short cab walk-in | 8 SCBA seats | fire side / tech rescue side layout | transverse RIT compartments | 25 kW generator | gas + eDRAULIC HURST | FireTech/Whelen/FRC lighting.
Full build details: https://ow.ly/7GOc50XVFi9
Smithtown FD’s new Rescue 9:
Ferrara Ultra | 500 hp Cummins X12 | short cab walk-in | 8 SCBA seats | fire side / tech rescue side layout | transverse RIT compartments | 25 kW generator | gas + eDRAULIC HURST | FireTech/Whelen/FRC lighting.
Full build details: https://ow.ly/7GOc50XVFi9
@timfernholz.bsky.social I know you prefer reporting on outer space, but if you are interested in an autonomous firetech story—I liked your Burnbot piece for the NYT and you are on my wishlist of journalists for an autonomous wildfire suppression demo we are having Friday.
April 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@timfernholz.bsky.social I know you prefer reporting on outer space, but if you are interested in an autonomous firetech story—I liked your Burnbot piece for the NYT and you are on my wishlist of journalists for an autonomous wildfire suppression demo we are having Friday.
Check out my new @biolite firepit courtesy of @barkingnomad - Cause every firepit needs a lithium battery and a bluetooth control app. #firetech #dubiousrainahshepherd
November 22, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Check out my new @biolite firepit courtesy of @barkingnomad - Cause every firepit needs a lithium battery and a bluetooth control app. #firetech #dubiousrainahshepherd
中国政府のサイバー攻撃キャンペーンSilk Typhoonへの関与が指摘される中国企業Shanghai Firetechが、強力な攻撃用ハッキング技術に関する10件以上の特許を申請していたことを発見した。 therecord.media/patents-silk...
Patents by Silk Typhoon-linked company shed light on Beijing’s offensive hacking capabilities
Researchers have discovered more than 10 patents for powerful offensive cybersecurity technologies filed by a prominent Chinese company allegedly involved in Beijing’s Silk Typhoon campaign.
therecord.media
July 31, 2025 at 5:13 AM
中国政府のサイバー攻撃キャンペーンSilk Typhoonへの関与が指摘される中国企業Shanghai Firetechが、強力な攻撃用ハッキング技術に関する10件以上の特許を申請していたことを発見した。 therecord.media/patents-silk...
