FireScout: Wildfire Detection AI that Never Sleeps
Alchera’s FireScout Wildfire AI provides advanced intelligence that protects people and property. It can detect wildfires in a minute or less and often before 911, integrates seamlessly into existing alert systems, offers very low cost of ownership and the highest accuracy available. FireScoutis the official AI fire detection provider for the ALERT Wildfire camera network globally. Its proven detection and notification capability is operational across 309 ALERT Wildfires cameras with access to all 1,000+ cameras globally.
FireScout currently monitors 309 ALERTWildfire cameras in the US and Australia, representing roughly one-third of all fire watch cameras in California, and covering an area approximately the size of the U.K. FireScout customers include organizations such as Pacific Gas & Electric, NV Energy, San Diego Gas & Electric, and the Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management. Evidence of FireScout's success was covered extensively during the 2021 fire season.
In many instances, FireScout was able to send an alert ahead of 911. On August 4, 2021, PG&E’s Howell Mountain 1 camera, equipped with FireScout’s AI software, identified smoke one minute before the fire dispatch received notification and several minutes before manual camera movement by first responders. The smoke that was detected ended up becoming the River Fire. However, several other Cal Fire-named fires detected were contained to under an acre, revealing the value of early fire detection technology and FireScout's potential to reduce fire size expansion. For more information, visit FireScout.ai