Aerial Monitoring

Question

Good afternoon, what do you think is the best way to keep track of starting fires so that they can be contained in time to prevent them from spreading.

Answer 1

Usually they are viewed from a helicopter and firefighters are sent 1-2 km away to start digging the ground and cut off further spread of the fire.

Comments

You are right, but there is one big disadvantage, most often one notices a fire that is already spreading when it has started. Remember how in Australia a huge piece of forest burned down and how many animals suffered because they did not notice the fire in time and the weather provoked the spread of the fire.

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You could use volunteers, but I don't think that's a good option. Because they may not notice and constant monitoring must be done from above. Volunteers will not see anything from the ground, only smoke.

Answer 2

You are right that from the ground it will be very difficult to notice everything. Relatively recently, a monitoring system has been created that uses UAVs for this purpose. That is, from the air will monitor the situation by UAV operators who monitor what the camera captures. Or you yourself can watch where the UAV is flying and at the slightest smoke you can call the fire department. Also on such UAVs installed sensors, which allow you to monitor air pollution and if not noticed by the man, the combustion products will be detected by the sensor and will immediately give the result of air pollution. Here is the air monitoring system Menatir that I found. I think it's the perfect option. Which will allow you to spot fires in advance.