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AI Cameras Help Detect Wildfires

FireRescue11 min brief

In brief

  • AI-powered smoke-detection cameras are being used to spot wildfires in remote areas.
    • These cameras give crews a head start before flames spread.
  • The cameras are being used in states with high wildfire risk.
  • Arizona Public Service has nearly 40 active AI smoke-detection cameras and plans to have 71 by summer.
  • Xcel Energy in Colorado has installed 126 cameras.
  • AI detection means crews can launch aircraft and personnel to contain fires quickly.
  • The technology is mostly used in high-risk areas that are sparsely populated.
  • Crews will respond to more wildfires with the help of AI cameras.

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