Smart Homes Summit in Palo Alto aims to enlist more technology to solve the fire problem

“You can’t be in a better place for thinking about the future than Palo Alto,” City Manager James Keene said today as he kicked-off proceedings of the first ever Smart Homes Summit this morning at the Mitchell Park Community Center in the heart of Silicon Valley, California. Pondering the high tech future of the fire service is the aim of the summit, hosted by the Fire Protection Research Foundation. Gathered are more than 80 participants spanning the fire service, technology professionals, data analytics experts, and others, including a slate of more than 30 speakers over a day and a half....