Right click on the videos and you can do a time-lapse.
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Hey all, Mt Konocti cam is back up as of today and watching Golf Fire at the moment.
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Txs RS…hearts anyone
Now that is a great feature!
That timelapse feature blew me away when I found out. Another trick I found was in the layer field on the map (upper right above the crosshairs) is to make sure the Camera View Field is on, which is pretty accurate, and then toggle the Camera Targets on/off as needed. What the camera operators are doing is putting the smoke in the center of the camera’s field of view. The Camera Target will put a line down the center on the map. With multiple cameras aimed, you get a pretty accurate triangulation for the fire. Also make sure the timestamp on the bottom of the pic is current. You might be looking at old footage if the data link had a hiccup, or the equipment case flooded in the rain (ahem Konocti).
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The agencies today have much to lose from these Comm sites impacted by wildfires, not to mention all the new cameras being installed. . We’ve seen way to many being threatened or destroyed because of the lack of any defensible space. It’s never been a priority by most agencies to have these sites cleared off and defensible.
During the 2003 Cedar Fire, as the ATGS we put 10 S-2 loads of retardant around the SD County North Peak Comm site. That’s over 9,000 gallons to save the 2 acre site? It was spared major damage, but the retardant drift has caused many issues in those steel towers.
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Round Mtn Paskenta one and two just burned over - AND BOTH SURVIVED, well, barely. Show that to Axis as a testament to what they can survive.
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Bonnydoon is taking a lot of heat right now!
http://www.alertwildfire.org/southeastbay/index.html?camera=Axis-BonnyDoon&v=81e004f
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I fear it may have succumbed to the fire
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I think you’re right.
And we get reminded again why defensible space is important, This is a lesson being relearned the hard way.
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East Quincy is next, although it looks like it’s backing fire and not taking on a wall of fire. However there might be clearance issues here where even a backing fire can be jeopardizing. I watched two cams yesterday go down live, not sure I can watch a third.
I’m 22yr sysadmin by day, I can’t help but personify electronics. Servers are supposed to be cattle, not pets, and I treat them as such, but these fire cams are like silent sentinels watching our backs so we can sleep at night. They are absolutely our pets. Hang in there East Quincy!
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Curious to know who (assuming PGE command center?) controls the cameras? There is a reported fire in a remote area along the Sonoma Coast at a house under construction right now and I checked the nearest camera which showed nothing but was pointed in the right direction. (the incident has been since canceled and the camera repositioned back to its original position).
I did a 15min time-lapse and I could see the camera was repositioned in the direction of the reported fire pretty close to the time of dispatch. So I was just curious who controls the zoom and direction on these? An invaluable tool for the toolbox!
Yes, I would go on Twitter and tweet at @PGE4Me AND @alertwildfire and ask them to change the camera. They do it for me quite regularly.
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Dispatch Centers, GACCs, and ECCs have the ability to control. Take a look at the lower part of the frame and youll see who is logged in a controlling.
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Also if you look at the wording on the bottom of the picture there will be who is logged in. Most CF ECC’s have access to change the cameras. I would assume same of FED’s. As well as individual accounts up and down the state.
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LG, LE have access to the camera controls as well, as does GACC personnel.
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It’s in San Diego and SDU was not included in the program?
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