AerialSphere and Fire Defense Systems Partner to Enhance Wildfire Mitigation with Advanced GIS Imagery Technology
Phoenix, Arizona. – March 18, 2025 – AerialSphere, a leader in digital mapping and Oriented Imagery (OI) technology, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Fire Defense Systems (FDS), a company specializing in wildfire prevention, mitigation, and fire safety planning. This collaboration will bring cutting-edge geospatial tools to the fire safety industry, helping communities better prepare for, respond to, and recover from wildfires.
Wildfires are unpredictable, and preparing for them requires actionable intelligence. AerialSphere’s OI solutions create GIS-ready data from a wide variety of image sources, including drones, smartphones, 360° cameras, and oblique aerial photography. This allows users to visualize fire-prone areas from multiple perspectives, offering a much clearer picture than traditional maps alone. Paired with FDS’s deep expertise in wildfire mitigation, this partnership will empower firefighters, emergency planners, and property owners with smarter tools for fire prevention, emergency response, and post-incident recovery.
“Fire Defense Systems was founded by experienced firefighters who bring deep knowledge, passion, and innovation to wildfire mitigation,” said Suzi Shoemaker, President and COO of AerialSphere. “By combining their hands-on expertise with our expertise and ArcGIS ready Oriented Imagery technology, we’re equipping agencies and organizations with smarter tools to analyze risks, plan safer communities, and protect lives and property.”
Connor Miller, Founder and CEO of Fire Defense Systems, added: “We’re excited to partner with AerialSphere, whose innovative solutions can have a dramatic impact in the fire safety and wildland fire mitigation space. By combining their cutting-edge technology with our expertise, we believe this partnership will lead to safer communities and more robust mitigation strategies, ultimately helping us all better prepare for the challenges of wildfire prevention and response.”
Why This Partnership Matters
This partnership brings together AerialSphere’s industry-leading Oriented Imagery technology and FDS’s specialized fire safety expertise to create solutions that will:
- Enhance wildfire mitigation planning with insightful, easily-captured imagery
- Provide emergency responders with better situational awareness using multi-angle aerial and street-level perspectives
- Help property owners, insurers, and planners identify fire risks before disaster strikes
- Support communities in reducing fire hazards through data-driven strategies and enhanced visualization tools
Key Partnership Highlights
Fire Defense Systems, headquartered in Colorado, is a leader in wildfire mitigation, working with critical infrastructure, insurance agencies, and landowners to reduce fire risks.
AerialSphere, based in Phoenix, Arizona, specializes in combining perspective imagery with maps, enabling users to transform drones, smartphones, 360° images, and oblique aerial views into fully interactive GIS solutions.
This partnership ensures that all wildfire, fire mitigation, and fire safety-related business opportunities will involve both AerialSphere and FDS, leveraging their combined expertise to provide innovative, real-world solutions.
Looking Ahead
As wildfires grow in frequency and intensity, AerialSphere and FDS are committed to providing the most advanced tools available for wildfire prevention, emergency response, and recovery. By combining the power of geospatial technology with fire mitigation expertise, this partnership will ensure that firefighters, emergency planners, and property owners have the critical data they need—before, during, and after a wildfire.
For more information about how AerialSphere and FDS are working together to advance wildfire prevention and mitigation, visit www.aerialsphere.com or www.fire-defensesystems.com.
Contact Information:
Press Contact Name: Nicholas Markwardt
Phone Number: (602) 675-0079
Email Address: nick.markwardt@aerialsphere.com
Fire Defense Systems (FDS) is a leading consultancy in wildfire mitigation, fire behavior analytics, and operational planning. Founded by experienced firefighters, FDS develops customized wildfire prevention strategies for communities, businesses, and agencies. FDS also specializes in helping tech companies develop innovative wildfire prevention strategies by understanding the needs and wants of the industry. Their services include fuel reduction, fire planning, risk assessment, and wildland fire SME services, research, testing and stakeholder engagement ensuring enhanced protection of life, properties and other assets. For more information, visit www.fire-defensesystems.com
AerialSphere is a pioneering company in the geospatial imaging sector, specializing in Oriented Imagery technology. As an Esri Gold Partner, AerialSphere’s innovative software solutions combine mapping and imagery, allowing businesses, governments, and organizations to visualize environments in a more intuitive and actionable way. AerialSphere’s technology enhances decision-making processes, operational efficiency, and emergency response by offering highly functional, easy-to-use mapping solutions. For more information, visit www.aerialsphere.com.
