for using image processing to detect wildfires. This could definitely be
implemented alongside with physical sensors to create an early detection
system.
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:16:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>
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Subject: [Mesh] forest fire early detection system
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I don't know if this is the right list for disaster.radio but I want to
involve
everyone who might be interested.
In California we have a serious forest fire issue. It would be nice to go
back
in time and not burn a bunch of carbon, but that ship has sailed and while
things might be okay on a more geological timescale, I personally like
breathing and my friends do too.
So we need a forest fire detection system that can pinpoint forest fires as
soon as they start (whether because of a flicked cigarette or a lightning
strike or an ember floating on the wind from a campfire) so that we have a
hope
of putting them out before they grow out of control.
Presently, by the time a fire is detected, it's often large enough that
humans
can't do anything about it except spend tons of money on trying to protect
the
houses of people who live out in the woods. That might be nice for the
people
who live there but it doesn't do anything for the people who have to
breathe
smoke for an entire season, and of course the carbon impacts on weather
patterns are a big factor as well.
So i'm calling for a group of us to partner with state agencies for
funding and
information, and figure out how out mesh networking and hardware/software
skills can be put to use to try to improve the situation. I'm picturing
something like Disaster Radio nodes installed as a mesh in the woods, with
smoke detection and wind direction/speed sensors, and maybe humidity and
temperature as well. They will flow that data upstream to larger nodes
that
can link back to forest service buildings or towers, where that data can be
monitored for signs that a fire is starting.
Please loop in people who you think might be interested in making this
happen.
I really think it would need at least one lead person for grantwriting and
organizing; hardware and software skills are useless without the means to
make
things happen, as well as the legitimacy required to interface with
agencies
like the forest services that will actually be using this system to fight
fires.
-jake
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