Technology helps firefighters on land, in air

I read an article from CNN.com titled “Technology helps firefighters on land, in air.” The url is: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/10/23/wildfire.tech/index.html

The article focused on the recent wildfires in California and how technology is playing a role in the containment and tracking of the fires. Technology’s role in this is the fact that NASA satellites are used to track the wildfires almost as they are spreading. The California Department of Forestry and Fire uses laptops and GPS in conjunction to locate fires.

I think that this new breakthrough and ideology is necessary to fight these fires quickly. Wildfires not only destroy the forests and environment they also can take peoples homes or lives. This new method of detection can help minimize the destruction of forests and peoples homes.