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Early Detection Tools Help but They Can’t Stop Every Wildfire
Tree-mounted sensors and new satellites promise a way to detect wildfires before they get out of hand—but no early detection method is foolproof.
An hour later hot embers were raining down on the south side of Paradise, sparking spot fires in advance of the main front. “Just the situational awareness that comes from those strategically located cameras was already a benefit before the giant leap forward related to AI anomaly detection,” says Hernandez. “Anecdotally we had a large quantity of false positives,” says Hernandez, adding that the sensors Cal Fire trialed also struggled to maintain power and signal.
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