Due to the frequency of collection change detection is going to be very useful. Having machine learning compare the pre to post will be able to determine fire location. Will for sure be able to tell in an urban setting structure loss. Get out your tin foil hat. We already do have fireguard from the national guard but its not SAR but as far as getting timely intel its in play and what was a CA NG thing is becoming a national program.
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So I saw an article on VNCs new Fire Hawks. Tip of the spear now. UC-6000 mapping engine and a FLIR. Got to get these folks into ATAK. Could do some amazing stuff.
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I have been following this company for a couple years and this news is huge. This is cellular from space.
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Hi all here is another cool project that has been in the pipeline for awhile. Its gonna go commercial in first quarter 2022. I was on a call today with the program manager and we got talking wildland fire and they are very confident on its use outdoors for tracking personnel.
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Pretty cool article from L3 and Range & Bearing. Some ATAK integration in here.
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What app are you using? Is it available to the public?
That’s CALFIRE specific agency only…much appreciate the posts from CALFIREBC sharing updated info.!
I’m sure I have the same access as CALFIREBC, I’ve never seen that app. What is it and how do I get it?
Check with someone at your agency?
It’s part of their CAD system. General public does not have access to this program.
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It’s the latest tracking system. It uses multiple cell, radio frequencies, and sat. for the tx of the system. I can’t find the link I had seen earlier in the year that talked about it.
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Its a Wildfire Analysis program developed for CAL FIRE. There are two versions, the one you are seeing screen shots of is the “tactical” version called FiResponse. You have to be a state employee with authorized access. Mods…Better for a different thread I think
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This is not part of the AVL / MDT program although it does reflect some of that data in the incident maps
Yeah a picture without context lends to a lot of questions @CALFIREBC lol.
Like other have posted CAL-FIRE made an enterprise investment with Technosylva.
This includes the Wildfire Analyst fire modeling and a whole host of other resources like a web COP and mobile COP.
I was one of the user acceptance testers for the the Tactical mobile COP called FiResponse as @Chiefrog mentioned.
It is leveraging AVL data from their existing system that also fed the SCOUT program.
WFA/Technosylva has some very cool features at the enterprise level like providing an automatic fire prediction at entry of a fire in the CAD, spits out some initial intel on infrastructure and structure threat etc. Will recommend augmenting response based on weather/fuels etc.
Like any computer program its garbage in garbage out. Depending on where the dispatcher puts in the fire location which depends on reports from callers the initial run can be a bit off but with subsequent reports especially with on scene resources updating the models can be refined.
We have echoed this from the SCOUT side of the house and from FireScope EIT that there needs to be a minimum data set that is shared across the state for response because some folks use Tablet Command, CAL-FIRE with Technosylva, we use ATAK, FEDS with Intterra and now trying ATAK etc. All of these disparate programs have the ability to visualize a common feeds of data and exchange data. In my opinion at a minimum is AVL, some basic fire perimeter stuff etc.
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If any agency is interested in a flying UAS for all hazard response and wants to check out UASTool for ATAK let me know. It works on the smart controller for DJI and Has comms with Autel drones and a few more using an android tablet/phone. In LTE denied environments use mesh networks for SA markers and video depending on pipe you choose. Augmented reality of markers, your team members, object detection and have any operations maps as an optional basemap. Remote gimbal control and tasking are also features. Full MISB/STANAG georeferenced video and the ability to port in other aircraft video is the cherry on top. Here is a video from a few versions ago and its only got better from there. UASTool
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Are BC-types using phone boosters and/or hotspots with external antennas in their rides?
Maybe you guys already have this covered, but a hotspot or a phone in a cradle booster parked on top of a hill, with some kind of mesh network to get to field units nearby, might make something out of nothing.
I use one in my mobile business, and often times where a phone in my pocket will have no usable signal, putting it in the cradle in the truck even at the same location will boost the signal enough to make it completely workable.
We do not but are looking at whats out there. Im really excited for this company https://lynk.world/ to answer this need.
Satellite everything has been tried over the years and always ends up too expensive.
I feel like the tide may finally be turning on that, but it always seems to be just out of reach.
A couple hundred to a couple thousand in hardware per vehicle can get you a lot better coverage with existing cell networks.
A good idea also would be to have some sort of gateway that aggregates all 4 (3?) carriers since we know some areas one will work where the others don’t. ATT, Verizon, Sprint/T Mobile.
Cradlepoint does that as well as sierra wireless but you have to have coverage.
Iridium has a deal with DHS that they are going to pass on to state/local govt for the use of their network for the somewear labs devices which are ATAK compatible. 800 bucks a year for unlimited use. That is a very reasonable cost considering all the things you can do over it. DHS still working on the details but this is a very cool deal.
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