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End-user application for early forest fire detection and prevention
End-user application for early forest fire detection and prevention

Author(s): Peter Peinl, Micha Heidreich, Ivan Chistov, Jugoslav Achkoski, Nikola Kletnikov, Igorche Karafilovski, Nikola Manev, Rossitza Goleva, Alexandar Savov, Ivelin Andreev
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Higher Education , Conference Report, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Forest fire; Fire detection systems; End-user; Web application; Crisis management center

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we describe a Web application that has been designed and implemented by Fulda University of Applied Sciences in the context of the ASPires project. The application extends the functionality available to Crisis Management Centers (CMC). Actual readings from sensors installed in the test areas, for example national parks, are made available to CMC personnel, as well as pictures from cameras that are either mounted on stationary observation towers or taken by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the area of an actual of supposed forest fire. Data are transmitted to the ASPires cloud and delivered swiftly to the Web application via an open interface. Furthermore, fire alarms raised by novel detection algorithms are forwarded automatically to the application. This clearly improves the potential for the early detection of forest fires in rural areas.

  • Issue Year: 14/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 299-317
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English