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ACERO Wildfire Gallery

Changes in climate are leading to larger and more frequent wildfires across the globe. Through its Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations project, NASA is enabling remotely piloted aircraft to identify, monitor and suppress wildfires 24 hours a day. Here are some favorite images illustrating this work.

NASA Tests Mobile Air Traffic Kit During Wildfire Prevention Operations
NASA researchers test a mobile air traffic kit for remotely operated Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in DeSoto National Forest in Mississippi. The mobile air traffic is being developed for use in wildfire operations.
Illustration of an Unmanned Aircraft System, or drone, in front of a smoke-filled sky. A goal of the Scalable Traffic...
Illustration of a quad-copter drone over a smoke-filled sky.
Helping make the battle against wildfires faster, safer, and more targeted, a NASA project recently tested its tools in a...
A drone flies in the foreground while a person wearing a hat, sunglasses, and yellow safety vest pilots the drone in the background, with a forest behind.
Lynne Martin, a research psychologist at NASA’s Ames Research Center and member of the Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response...
A person in a yellow hard hat stands near a yellow case on the ground, while three people in hard hats observe a drone in the background.
Yasmin Arbab, a research associate at NASA’s Ames Research Center, tests a prototype device designed for firefighting drone operators, while...
A person kneels in the grass next to a yellow case containing hardware, while a helicopter drops water in the distance.