SS 1.4 Stopping wildfires before they spark
Update: 2025-07-28
Description
Alistair Smith (go.uidaho.edu/4mbiISI) is a professor and department chair in University of Idaho’s Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences (go.uidaho.edu/419qiFi). He’s working with power companies across the globe to identify which types of vegetation are most likely to ignite — and what can be done to stop wildfires before they start. At U of I’s combustion lab, his team tests how vegetation burns under different conditions, helping utilities make informed decisions about the fuels growing beneath their power lines.
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
Chapters
(00:00 ) Introduction
(01:00 ) Identifying flammable vegetation
(01:45 ) Combustion lab
(02:32 ) Helping power companies prevent fires
(05:18 ) Why do power companies care now?
(06:38 ) Why do we care?
(07:48 ) Immediate impacts
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
Chapters
(00:00 ) Introduction
(01:00 ) Identifying flammable vegetation
(01:45 ) Combustion lab
(02:32 ) Helping power companies prevent fires
(05:18 ) Why do power companies care now?
(06:38 ) Why do we care?
(07:48 ) Immediate impacts
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