CROSS
FIRE

Eliminating Wildfires Across America

XPRIZE
WILDFIRE

Ignite Change

XPRIZE Wildfire

XPRIZE is the world’s leader in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges. XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year, $11 million competition incentivizing the innovation of firefighting technologies that will end destructive wildfires so that humanity and beneficial wildfire can safely co-exist.

The prize aims to transform current wildfire management approaches through the development of new technologies that can rapidly and accurately detect, characterize, and respond to wildfires before they become destructive.

The Competition
CROSSFIRE

xFoundry@UMD and the UMD Fire Protection Engineering Program are leading the creation of an independent venture that will continue beyond the competition, capitalizing on existing UMD UAS, AI, and FPE expertise poured into this project. This will result in a sustainable solution for the detection and suppression of wildfires, built in College Park, tested in California, MD, and deployed across the USA.

Upon winning the XPRIZE Wildfire competition, xFoundry will collaborate closely with the venture to leverage this investment, accelerating the company's growth and ensuring the widespread adoption of this innovative wildfire management solution.

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CROSSFIRE
TEAM

Meet our Key Personnel

Our team includes key experts from across the UMD ecosystem, as well as talented project managers keeping product development in mind as we move through crucial early R&D.

Meet the Team

OUR 3-STAGE APPROACH

STEP 1 - DETECTION

STEP 2 - RECONNAISSANCE

STEP 3 - SUPRESSION

Explore our challenge verticals.

Our students are finding solutions to several of humanity's grand challenges.

Climate

From rising temperatures to ecosystem preservation, we confront the pivotal issues shaping our planet's future. In this essential vertical, where innovation meets necessity, students will be tasked with finding sustainable solutions that safeguard our environment for generations to come.

Students will find solutions for creating a world where the beauty of nature thrives alongside human progress.

Education

From rising temperatures to ecosystem preservation, we confront the pivotal issues shaping our planet's future. In this essential vertical, where innovation meets necessity, students will be tasked with finding sustainable solutions that safeguard our environment for generations to come.

Students will find solutions for creating a world where the beauty of nature thrives alongside human progress.

Energy

From rising temperatures to ecosystem preservation, we confront the pivotal issues shaping our planet's future. In this essential vertical, where innovation meets necessity, students will be tasked with finding sustainable solutions that safeguard our environment for generations to come.

Students will find solutions for creating a world where the beauty of nature thrives alongside human progress.

Food & Water

From rising temperatures to ecosystem preservation, we confront the pivotal issues shaping our planet's future. In this essential vertical, where innovation meets necessity, students will be tasked with finding sustainable solutions that safeguard our environment for generations to come.

Students will find solutions for creating a world where the beauty of nature thrives alongside human progress.

Health

From rising temperatures to ecosystem preservation, we confront the pivotal issues shaping our planet's future. In this essential vertical, where innovation meets necessity, students will be tasked with finding sustainable solutions that safeguard our environment for generations to come.

Students will find solutions for creating a world where the beauty of nature thrives alongside human progress.

Society

From rising temperatures to ecosystem preservation, we confront the pivotal issues shaping our planet's future. In this essential vertical, where innovation meets necessity, students will be tasked with finding sustainable solutions that safeguard our environment for generations to come.

Students will find solutions for creating a world where the beauty of nature thrives alongside human progress.

Transportation

From rising temperatures to ecosystem preservation, we confront the pivotal issues shaping our planet's future. In this essential vertical, where innovation meets necessity, students will be tasked with finding sustainable solutions that safeguard our environment for generations to come.

Students will find solutions for creating a world where the beauty of nature thrives alongside human progress.

PROJECT TIMELINE

Discover our team’s work and effort to achieve the best way to autonomously detect and suppress destructive wildfires through the use of drones.