The Washington Department of Natural Resources has nine cameras placed around the state. Twelve more are on the way by next summer.
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — New cameras hooked to cell towers in wide-reaching areas across Washington are using artificial intelligence to spot fires when they spark and help crews attack them faster. s is conducting a pilot program with cameras from startup Pano AI that transmit images using 5G, in most cases from T-Mobile towers. The pilot was funded through House Bill 1168, which supported wildfire prevention and response.
"We've been seeing quite a bit actually, we get alerts probably five, six a day from different cameras we've already got up and running," Lane said."We can see smoke and we can see flames and at night they have an infrared capability so you can kind of see the smoke and detect a little of the heat as well."
"When we get really hot and heavy into fire season, there's a lot of resource competition, so you do need to be smart about where you're putting resources, prioritizing where you put them, and again going back to type, what type is essential for that fire," Lane said.
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