Early Detection Tools Help but They Can’t Stop Every Wildfire
A little after 6:25 am on November 8, 2018, a 911 dispatcher received the first report of a fire near the Poe Dam in northern California. The speed and devastation of recent wildfires has focused attention on early detection—the hope that catching a fire shortly after it ignites will give fire crews enough time to douse it before it becomes uncontrollable. As was the case with the Camp Fire, 911 calls still make up the majority of first detections, says Marcus Hernandez, deputy chief at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s office of wildfire technology research and development. We’re going to automatically dispatch.” Dryad Networks, a startup based in Germany, wants to improve early wildfire detection by fitting trees with remote sensors that can detect wildfire smoke. Areas of interest to Dryad include near train lines, roads, hiking paths, and power lines, which have been linked to more than 3,600 Californian wildfires since 1992, including the Camp Fire.
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