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(Airplane propellor engines sounds)

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Narrator: Air tankers are practicing fighting

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wildfires from the skies of Northern California.

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This time, with the help of NASA researchers and

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STEReO, a technology called Scalable Traffic

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Management for Emergency Response Operations.

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It's a system that acts like an air and ground

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traffic controller, coordinating all the

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moving parts of a wildfire response operation.

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As part of a training, CAL FIRE and the

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U.S. Forest Service flew planes over

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simulated flames in coordination with NASA drones.

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On the ground, researchers put the

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STEReO system into action.

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It can coordinate uncrewed and piloted aircraft,

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track people on the ground while monitoring fires,

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and send real-time updates of ongoing operations,

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all using STEReO's own portable internet.

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The goal is to help emergency responders

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work more safely and efficiently.

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In preparation for the training, the STEReO team

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tested aircraft at NASA's Ames Research Center

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in California's Silicon Valley.

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Drones were flown simultaneously.

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And researchers  monitored system performance.

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Three NASA research centers - NASA Ames, Glenn,

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and Langley - will continue developing

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the system's capabilities.

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Firefighters will test tools