Austin Energy puts up AI cameras to help fight fires with wildfire season ahead

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The recent rain in Central Texas could actually make our fire risk more dangerous this summer.Both city and county officials said all this wet weather is helping the grass grow, which adds more fuel for fires when the weather is drier.
"We get into our summer setting where those grasses stop growing," Pflugerville Fire Department Assistant Chief Mark Moellenberg said. "They actually die off if we get into a drought. That becomes a fuel load."Artificial Intelligence detectin