<div dir="ltr">Hello Jake,<div><br></div><div>There is previous literature:</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4218/etrij.10.0109.0695">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4218/etrij.10.0109.0695</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711206000142">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711206000142</a><br></li></ul>for using image processing to detect wildfires. This could definitely be implemented alongside with physical sensors to create an early detection system.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:01 PM <<a href="mailto:mesh-request@lists.sudoroom.org">mesh-request@lists.sudoroom.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Send mesh mailing list submissions to<br>
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:16:25 -0800 (PST)<br>
From: Jake <<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org" target="_blank">jake@spaz.org</a>><br>
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Subject: [Mesh] forest fire early detection system<br>
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I don't know if this is the right list for disaster.radio but I want to involve<br>
everyone who might be interested.<br>
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In California we have a serious forest fire issue. It would be nice to go back<br>
in time and not burn a bunch of carbon, but that ship has sailed and while<br>
things might be okay on a more geological timescale, I personally like<br>
breathing and my friends do too.<br>
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So we need a forest fire detection system that can pinpoint forest fires as<br>
soon as they start (whether because of a flicked cigarette or a lightning<br>
strike or an ember floating on the wind from a campfire) so that we have a hope<br>
of putting them out before they grow out of control.<br>
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Presently, by the time a fire is detected, it's often large enough that humans<br>
can't do anything about it except spend tons of money on trying to protect the<br>
houses of people who live out in the woods. That might be nice for the people<br>
who live there but it doesn't do anything for the people who have to breathe<br>
smoke for an entire season, and of course the carbon impacts on weather<br>
patterns are a big factor as well.<br>
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So i'm calling for a group of us to partner with state agencies for funding and<br>
information, and figure out how out mesh networking and hardware/software<br>
skills can be put to use to try to improve the situation. I'm picturing<br>
something like Disaster Radio nodes installed as a mesh in the woods, with<br>
smoke detection and wind direction/speed sensors, and maybe humidity and<br>
temperature as well. They will flow that data upstream to larger nodes that<br>
can link back to forest service buildings or towers, where that data can be<br>
monitored for signs that a fire is starting.<br>
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Please loop in people who you think might be interested in making this happen.<br>
I really think it would need at least one lead person for grantwriting and<br>
organizing; hardware and software skills are useless without the means to make<br>
things happen, as well as the legitimacy required to interface with agencies<br>
like the forest services that will actually be using this system to fight<br>
fires.<br>
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-jake<br>
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