Colorado community tries new wildfire prevention methods
The community of Cordillera in Colorado, with about 700 residents, will be the second community in the nation to install nearly one thousand smoke and particle detectors as general fire detection. For the next few weeks, sensors will be hung deep in the woods or at the meadow’s edge up and down Cordillera’s 2,000 feet of elevation gain. When the device senses a sudden change nearby in air quality or particulate density, it sends the exact GPS coordinates to a command center at the metro district offices and to the phone screens of everyone on staff.
This year marks the driest spring in Colorado, making the 7,500 acres of the community vulnerable to wildfires. Drones that can carry 30 gallons of fire retardant and help slow a budding fire detected are also being considered for use within the community.
