Could tech replace firefighters in the battle against wildfires?
Those lookouts were often students.The switch has reduced false alarms, he says. In other parts of France, it's another French start-up called FireTracking."As soon as the system detects a fire, there's an alert on the fire fighters' telephones. "For the past 10 days, for example, we have the feedback from a firefighter that our AI detected seven fires 15 minutes before the first phone call.
- ▪Those lookouts were often students.The switch has reduced false alarms, he says.
- ▪In other parts of France, it's another French start-up called FireTracking."As soon as the system detects a fire, there's an alert on the fire fighters' telephones.
- ▪"For the past 10 days, for example, we have the feedback from a firefighter that our AI detected seven fires 15 minutes before the first phone call.
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Could tech replace firefighters in the battle against wildfires?Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, France's Gironde region has been hit by devastating wildfires this summerByJohn LaurensonTechnology reporter, Reporting fromParisPublished3 minutes agoThe pictures are familiar, terrifying fires being tackled by firefighters and planes dropping water.Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes across France, Spain and Portugal as wildfires tore through forests and countryside.In France, four men have already lost their lives fighting the wildfires and another 150 have been injured.But why are humans and 30-year old planes being used? Why can drones replace soldiers in Ukraine but not firefighters?Chief sergeant Guillaume Millet, a firefighter of 24…
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