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NASA ER-2 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS

A NASA ER-2 based at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,Calif., recently collected digital images during the southern California fires as demonstration of its emergency response capability to natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and fires. The southern California wildfire image data was made available to fire front managers several hours after data collection.

As part of the Federal Response Plan, NASA can provide aerial reconnaissance support to federal and local agencies in the event of a national emergency. Firefighters, disaster relief personnel and insurance agencies could use the information the ER-2 gathers in several ways, like determining how to fight fires, deciding what areas to evacuate and assessing the extent of the damage.



View Images of the southern California fires
(click on a image to download a larger version)

Cedar Fire:
image of the Cedar Fire - click for a larger version image of the Cedar Fire - click for a larger version

Old Fire:
image of the Old Fire - click for a larger version

Paradise Fire:
image of the Paradise Fire - click for a larger version

Piru Fire:
image of the Piru Fire - click for a larger version

Roblar Fire:
image of the Roblar Fire - click for a larger version

  





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