New subject: mesh Digest, Vol 96, Issue 2

1 Feb 2021

Hello Jake,

There is previous literature:

   - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4218/etrij.10.0109.0695
   - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711206000142

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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    1. forest fire early detection system (Jake)

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 Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:16:25 -0800 (PST)
 From: Jake &lt;jake(a)spaz.org&gt;
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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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