Palisades fire disaster pushes Ring to close critical gaps in emergency visibility

A year after deadly fires ripped through the Pacific Palisades in California, Ring has launched a new safety feature called Fire Watch to help communities and first responders get real-time, ...
FOX 26 Houston

Houston icy roads Monday: List of closures for winter storm, map, traffic conditions today

If you are driving Monday morning, be careful of some icy spots on the roadways. Here's a look at where icy conditions have ...

Winter storm updates: Snow ending but icy roads, extreme cold persist in Oklahoma

After a severe winter storm left Oklahoma blanketed in snow, temperatures are expected to stay in the single digits into the week. Here's the latest.
UNDP

Bhutan’s forests are burning. Can AI turn the tide?

Bhutan lost 70,000 acres of forest to fires between 2020 and 2024. Timber losses from forests fires from November 2024 to March 2025 alone were valued at US$27 million. On Friday, January 2, 2026, ...
radaronline

Nationwide Fire Watch Guards: Scaling Fire Safety Coverage with AI-Driven Dispatch Systems

In a world that’s becoming faster, smarter, and more connected, safety shouldn't fall behind. Fire incidents can turn catastrophic in mere minutes, and relying on outdated systems can mean the ...
The Conversation

From flammable neighborhoods to moral hazards, fire insurance maps capture early US cities and the landscape of discrimination

Jack Swab does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
ABC7

Palisades Fire inspires founders of Ring, Watch Duty to create new wildfire alert tool

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Much of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood where Ring founder Jamie Siminoff once lived - including the garage where he invented the Ring video doorbell - was destroyed in the ...
The Verge

Ring’s Fire Watch turns doorbell cameras into wildfire detectors

The feature uses AI detection and opt-in camera sharing to provide real-time fire information during active fires. The feature uses AI detection and opt-in camera sharing to provide real-time fire ...
Amazon Press Center

Ring and Watch Duty Launch New Feature ‘Fire Watch’: A Lifeline for Communities Facing Wildfire and Smoke Danger

New safety feature helps alert communities to early fire warning signs and bring ground truth to first responders, one year after devastating LA fires ...
Wired

Ring and Watch Duty Team Up to Keep a Closer Eye on Wildfires

In a move to help alert people to the spread of nearby blazes, Ring is partnering with Watch Duty to let users share their videos on the wildfire tracking app. The nonprofit Watch Duty is partnering ...
IEEE

Real-Time Fire and Smoke Detection in Low-Light and Nighttime Environments Using YOLOv8 with Thermal and RGB Data

Abstract: Reliable fire and smoke detection in low-light and nighttime environments remains a critical challenge for safety monitoring in industrial facilities, forested regions, storage complexes, ...
City Journal

Firefighters Could Have Prevented the L.A. Wildfires, but California Rules Made Them Save Plants Instead

One year ago, just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a small brush fire broke out in Topanga State Park above the Pacific Palisades outside Los Angeles. Within hours, the Los Angeles Fire Department ...