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RebuildLA Episode 016 - Can a Beacon Box Save Your Neighborhood From Wildfire with Jim Kniss
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Jim Kniss makes his living flying over wildfires, making GIS and infrared maps for firefighters. It's all pretty cutting edge technology. But what he's most passionate about is a little more old school. He's working to get Beacon Boxes into rural neighborhoods in fire-prone areas of California. He and the team at FireMapper, LLC have already installed dozens in Beverly Hills, Agoura Hills and Malibu, with more going in to Chatsworth, Bell Canyon and Malibu Lake. Beacon Boxes are like old-timey fireboxes from the last century, but with some very high tech tools inside. Kniss sits down with host Cameron Barrett to talk about what's in Beacon Boxes, why every rural community in California needs them, and who accessed them in Malibu during the Palisades Fire. Spoiler Alert - no one knows! But maybe you can help us find out.
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1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. How imperative maps are to a wildfire fight. (00:03:37)
3. Ever-smoldering hotspots (00:07:21)
4. What's a Beacon Box (00:08:37)
5. Updating the boxes (00:15:30)
6. Who accessed the Beacon Boxes of Malibu? (00:16:35)
7. Getting Beacon Boxes to at-risk communities (00:19:30)
8. How much are Beacon Boxes? (00:21:10)
9. Expanding the information inside (00:25:45)
10. How soon can you get a Beacon Box? (00:28:20)
11. Could Beacon Boxes have saved Pacific Palisades or Altadena? (00:29:16)
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