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$11,005,367

IN TOTAL PRIZE PURSE RAISED SO FAR

The $11M XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year competition to innovate
firefighting technologies that will end destructive wildfires.

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Consider adding $10, $100 or more to the prize purse. Your donation
will support the winner of this competition - the innovator who helps
solve the challenge of detecting and extinguishing wildfires at
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XPRIZE Wildfire is offered in partnership with Co-Title Sponsors
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Pacific Gas & Electric,
Presenting Sponsor Minderoo Foundation, Bonus Prize Sponsor Lockheed
Martin and Supporting Sponsor Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and
individual benefactors.

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The competition is designed to synergistically transform how fires
are managed and fought across two tracks:

$5M Autonomous Wildfire Response Track
$5M Space-Based Wildfire Detection and Intelligence Track

$1M Lockheed Martin Accurate Detection Intelligence Bonus Prize

THE IMPACT

XPRIZE Wildfire will spur innovation across a wide range of
firefighting technologies, transforming the practices of a crucial
industry that have not seen major change in a century. The resulting
technology will dramatically improve the detection and suppression of
destructive wildfires, enabling safe management of all high-risk
fires. 

    I've seen firsthand the devastating effects of wildfires on our
    local communities in California and around the world. I am
    thrilled to work with XPRIZE again and to see my early funding
    grow into a large prize that will attract innovative solutions to
    this challenging problem.

Dr. Richard Merkin

Seed Donor for XPRIZE Wildfire

The Challenge

Globally, Extreme Wildfire Events (EWEs) are becoming more frequent.
EWEs burn bigger, at a higher intensity, and can quickly sprawl out
of control. While they represent only around 3% of all wildfires,
EWEs account for 80% of total associated fire-damages and are
increasingly contributing to global greenhouse gas emissions and
worsening health impacts from pollutants.

These large and destructive wildfires wreak havoc on ecosystems
worldwide, especially in the expanding Wildland-Urban Interface,
where homes, businesses, and major infrastructure are most at risk,
and where wildfire control and suppression activities are
increasingly outperformed.

How to Win

In the Autonomous Wildfire Response track, teams have 10 minutes to
autonomously detect and suppress a high-risk fire in a 1000 km2,
environmentally challenging area, leaving any decoy fires untouched.

In the Space-Based Wildfire Detection & Intelligence track, teams
will have one minute to accurately detect all fires across a
landscape larger than entire states or countries, and 10 minutes to
precisely characterize and report data with the least false positives
to two ground stations.

The $1M Lockheed Martin Accurate Detection Intelligence Bonus Prize
incentivizes innovations in accurate and precise detection of
wildfires. 

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Prize Activity

 
Apr 21 2023 XPRIZE Launches Competition to End Destructive Wildfires
 
Apr 20 2023 IT'S TIME TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY WE FIGHT WILDFIRES 
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Dr. Catherine Ball

Associate Professor (Honorary) at School of Cybernetics, Australian
National University

 
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John O. Dabiri, PhD

Centennial Chair Professor, Caltech

 
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Dr. Christyl Johnson

Deputy Director for Technology and Research Investments

 
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Shawna Legarza, PsyD

Director of Emergency Management - La Plata County, Durango, CO.

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