Berkeley FireBreak : East Bay Wildfire Resilience
Berkeley is making wildfire innovation a community effort — grounded in local experience and focused on what comes next.
Deep Tech & the Future of the WUI is the first in a series of events to convene the people shaping the East Bay's wildfire future: academics studying fire, practitioners managing risk, technologists building new tools, and entrepreneurs moving them into use.
The evening opens with a special introduction from the Berkeley Fire Department leadership team, offering a local fire-service perspective on current initiatives, emerging needs, and opportunities for community support.
Opening Remarks
BERKELEY FIRE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP TEAM
A local fire-service perspective on current initiatives, emerging needs, and opportunities for community support.
Current Panelists
MICHAEL GOLLNER
Director, Berkeley Fire Research Lab
Studies fire physics and spread, connecting WUI research to safer buildings and communities.
DAVE WINNACKER
CEO & Co-Founder, XyloPlan
Former Moraga-Orinda Fire Chief turning decades of fire-service leadership into risk tools for the fast, wind-driven fires.
JEFF FIELDS
Senior Fellow, Berkeley Institute for Security and Governance
Brings two decades of national-security experience to mission definition, emerging technology and public adoption.
Berkeley FireBreak is an ongoing event series hosted by the Berkeley Gateway Accelerator (BGA) and the Berkeley Institute for Security and Governance (BISG), defining how the East Bay's academic, research, entrepreneurial, and policy communities can work together to advance wildfire innovation.
This event is the first in a series, not a one-off. Each convening opens with a local fire agency, spotlights East Bay innovation, and turns that knowledge into community action.