[Mesh] mesh Digest, Vol 96, Issue 2

[Sai Sanigepalli]

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.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:01 PM <mesh-request at lists.sudoroom.org> wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:16:25 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jake <jake at 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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