Identifying Wildfires Using Artificial Intelligence

The power of wildfires to devastating has been tragically apparent across the world. Depending on terrain, they can stretch double in size every 10 minutes and every time that a fire burns makes it challenging to contain. With early detection and instant response, a fire may be quickly put out. In contrast, a fire can wipe out a massive amount of forest, killing and destroying as fast as it spreads. It is the job of a commercial agriculture technology company in Brazil, Sintecsys to surveil 8.7 million acres of forest and agricultural land around four biomes, including Amazon forest. Its system works around the clock to recognise fire and collect images from 360-degree cameras installed on towers distributed throughout the land.