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10.11.2023

Vibrant Planet is Using Data to Fight Wildfires and Plans Deployments to 15 Million Acres

Forbes

Vibrant Planet's platform is deployed on about 5 million acres, including the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding watersheds in California, with plans to cover 15 million acres by the end of the year.

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About Vibrant Planet

Vibrant Planet is the leading wildfire risk management platform, offering state-of-the-art wildfire and ecological analytics and applications that support local, state, and federal agencies, and utilities in prioritizing and measuring the outcomes of specific actions to mitigate risk and build resilience.

We leverage next-generation technology and published, peer-reviewed science to help customers protect communities, manage natural resources, and adapt to rapidly increasing wildfire risk.

Our community and land management technology is deployed across 177M acres in 12 states in the US, spanning land management, fire districts, counties, and tribal lands, and we serve 11 utilities with risk mitigation and PSPS prioritization.

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