The power of fire. Flames that can get as hot as 2500 degrees or more. When wind-driven, they destroy, injure and kill.
Now, the Los Angeles Fire Department is using the power of computers to fight the power of flames.
In a show and tell in front of Fire Station 109 on Mulholland Drive, firefighters showed what can be done with predictive technology. They showed how -- when using a tablet technology app -- it's possible to take what’s known about a fire, and coupled with weather and wind conditions, determine what it’s likely to do.
Councilman Mike Bonin has long wanted to see this. One of the first things he did after being sworn in was to say he wanted this type of tablet technology to be used by the city.