In particular, with fire, time is so compressed so much that you have to apply technology to make decisions in the time frame that you can affect the results of what is happening, according to Mr. Collins Collins.
Krystal Azelton, a senior director of Secure World Foundation, a non -profit organization that supports sustainable spatial policies, saying that while the satellites and Ai Tech can provide better data, it is important that the data put it into the right.
The trend for AI to support all this will obviously produce better results, but it will not produce consistent results. Azelton said. This is a really big positive because one of my biggest concerns about any type of environmental monitoring from the space is anyone who provides data, how do you put data to the end user? Azelton said. There are many technology solutions out there, but how do you put them in the hands of people really using it?
Van Ransale said the goal of the Fire SAT group is to make its tracking data possible as possible and commit to work directly with fire fighting agencies to do that.
There is a type of war fog related to the fire, where you don't know where they are when they start, the van Ransdale van said about trying to come up with the idea of ​​collecting this huge data to fire officials. “We will give you a picture of everything you're going to be interested in.”
Running speed
Although the information is often better in disaster situations, it is not clear whether this type of satellite detection will be much faster than what is existing. The camera network is like the networks deployed by Alertwildfire The first person to discover fires across the West, including the dead Palisades Fire In Los Angeles in January. It is also a fact that while the Fire SAT camera can pick up a fire at the beginning, just that information does not mean that firefighters will be able to mobilize and come to the fire in time.
Daniel Swain, a climate scientist operating the blog Western weather And has long been monitored forest fires, saying that while satellite support updates may not resolve all the reality of the response time, it will be helpful for sharing information with people who are in danger immediately and notify everyone when the fire spreads.
This does not really solve the core basic issues, but perhaps it is a beneficial thing, Mr. Swain Swain said. It is impossible to know exactly in a fire as soon as possible. Unfortunately, it does not give us many advantages in the harshest conditions.
These Sat Fire efforts also come at the time of increasing technology to prevent forest fires. Specifically, an increase in private companies hopes to help build new fire fighting solutions and profits from that technology. In June, President Trump Signed an executive command For a usual Viking approach to combat forest fires, call for priority of the efforts of firefighters and combine federal disaster agencies and guide federal agencies to explain historical satellite data to improve forest fire predictions and modify or eliminate rules that hinder forest fires, prevent and react.