"A popular ski resort town in Colorado is adopting a new AI Smart City Solution from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to help it better detect wildfires, as well as update a range of other city services. Vail is expanding its firefighting toolbox as hotter, more arid weather with climate change raises wildfire risk in the western US. Colorado has suffered 11 of the 20 largest fires in state history just within the last five years."
""Fires are part of our life [now] in the mountains, and we have to be prepared for them," Vail town manager Russell Forrest tells The Verge. "Fires are part of our life." The collaboration with HPE for wildfire detection came together quickly this year, as Forrest was keeping an eye on a wildfire burning about 30 miles away from his town in July."
Vail, a popular ski resort town in Colorado, is implementing a new AI Smart City Solution from HPE to detect wildfires and improve other services. The town faces rising wildfire risk as hotter, more arid weather linked to climate change increases fire frequency and severity. Colorado recorded 11 of its 20 largest fires within the past five years. Vail's town manager emphasized the importance of rapid detection and response after observing a nearby wildfire. HPE partnered with Kamiwaza, Nvidia, and other tech companies to build the system. Vail is the first US municipality to adopt this HPE solution.
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