Advocacy
Over the past two decades, catastrophic wildfires have strained federal resources to their breaking point while destroying over 129,000 structures and burning millions of acres
The AFI vision is to treat the wildfire crisis as a national security issue:
Modernize Procurement Practices
Lengthy contracting timelines, siloed agency budgets, and rules favoring legacy vendors mean that cutting-edge solutions struggle to break through the government bureaucracy.
Solutions
Strengthen Data Interoperability and Field Trial Approvals
Federal wildfire responders today lack cohesive decision making across jurisdictions and phases of fire. The federal government must set data sharing standards and interoperability frameworks.
Solutions
Fund Technology Deployment at Scale
Agencies operate under fragmented and siloed budgets. Even when a technology proves its value in the field, there is often no agency with both the mandate and the capital to adopt it widely.
Solutions