Colorado’s Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting (CEATAF) is focused on providing map-based situational awareness in backcountry areas that don’t have internet connectivity. It is using new AI-fueled technology to track the location of firefighting crew team members, equipment, and the spread of the fire in real-time. A helicopter or plane adds infrared video taken from above to that data, enabling prediction on where the fire will spread.