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UAS Wildland Fire Collaborative Recognized 501(c)(3) public charity · EIN 42-2344101
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The flames are gone. The heat is not.

After the flame front passes, crews walk the burned ground and feel for heat with their bare hands. Heat that survives in stumps and roots can start the fire again. Our thermal maps show crews where it is before they walk in.

Give now What the map finds

Recognized 501(c)(3) public charity EIN 42-2344101

The charred base of a madrone at night, still glowing red where it meets the ash.
A madrone still burning at its base, Fielder Mountain, August 19, 2026. Our map marked the heat before anyone walked to it.

Initial funding milestone

$50,000 to stabilize a system already working on live fires.

It has been built and run without pay since 2024. In the 2026 season it delivered 76 nights of finished maps on 11 fires. This first $50,000 is milestone one toward a real operating budget, not the cost of a whole season.

We're raising the first $50,000 now. View live progress and give on Givebutter.

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What the first $50,000 supports

  • The work of building this system since 2024 and keeping it running
  • Toward hiring a dedicated GIS specialist, a planned position
  • GIS, cloud processing, hosting and software credits
  • Onboarding and training more state, federal and private pilots on one shared standard
  • Continued development of the pipeline and the delivery system

Help fund the next map.

Give to the $50,000 milestone

One time and monthly gifts are processed by Givebutter. A receipt is sent by email.

  • A recognized 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 42-2344101
  • Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law

For major gifts, grants and in kind support, email info@uaswfc.org.

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One time or monthly. Every amount helps.

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What the map finds

Found on the map. Confirmed on the ground.

Each of these was marked as heat on one of our maps before anyone walked to it. On the ground, heat like this hides under ash and inside stumps and logs. From the air at night, a thermal sensor reads it as a hot spot, and the map carries that spot to a phone on the ground.

Red embers glowing at the bottom of a burned out stump hole at night.
Embers deep in a stump hole, Woodrat Mountain, the night of August 20, 2026.
A log lying in white ash at night, glowing red underneath where it still burns.
A log still burning under the ash, Interstate 5 at milepost 57, the night of August 3, 2026. The map graded it high heat.
Feeling the ash by hand in a stump hole the map marked as possible heat, Woodrat Mountain, the night of August 20, 2026.

Where your gift goes

Seven things a gift pays for.

  1. Pay for the work

    The building of this system since 2024, and the work of keeping it running through each fire season.

  2. Hire a GIS specialist

    A planned hire: a dedicated GIS specialist for the map sets and the data behind them.

  3. Cloud processing and hosting

    The processing, storage, public archive and web hosting behind every night of maps.

  4. GIS and software credits

    The online GIS subscription and its processing credits, and the mapping software every sheet is laid out in.

  5. Onboard and train pilots

    Bringing more state, federal and private pilots onto one shared standard.

  6. Keep building the pipeline

    Continued work on the pipeline and on the delivery system that carries a map to the incident.

  7. Map communities before the fire

    Flights for communities that cannot pay: drone LiDAR, multispectral and colour imagery for a small town's wildfire protection plan, in the off season. Fire preparedness

All seven, one form Put a gift to work. Give now

From an agency perspective, ODF sees clear value in the development of a standardized, nationwide, UAS data platform. … Based on our experience to date, we view UASWFC as a promising solution in this space.

Sarah Prout State Aviation Coordinator, ODF Read the full letter ›

More ways to help

Other ways to give.

Major gifts and grants

For donations above $1,000, sponsorships, or grant inquiries, email info@uaswfc.org and we will follow up within two business days.

In kind support

Thermal and multispectral sensors, drones and batteries, cloud compute and processing credits, GIS software licenses, and data storage are all useful. Email info@uaswfc.org to discuss.

Employer matching

Many employers match nonprofit contributions. Our EIN is 42-2344101. Submit through your matching gifts portal.

Burned snags and a living pine silhouetted against a blue dawn sky, with the moon above and smoke lying in the valley below.
Dawn over Woodrat Mountain, August 7, 2026.

Before the next season

Give once, or give every month.

Heat stays in stumps and roots long after the flames pass. Your gift keeps the system running that maps it for the crews who walk in next.

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UAS Wildland Fire Collaborative is an Oregon nonprofit public benefit corporation and a recognized 501(c)(3) public charity. EIN 42-2344101. Mailing address: 4951 Griffin Creek Rd, Medford, OR 97501. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Donations are processed through Givebutter, our donation platform, which emails a receipt for each gift. No goods or services are provided in exchange for contributions.