US EditionUBCO Teams up with Rogers and the City of Kelowna to Use AI to Predict Wildfires
- In 2024, Rogers Communications, Pano AI, and the BC Wildfire Service collaborated to deploy smoke-detection camera systems at five sites throughout British Columbia to enhance early wildfire detection.
- This testing was part of a collaboration between UBC Okanagan and partners to enhance the wildfire camera network, with financial support from the Province and a contribution from the government department responsible for emergency management and climate preparedness.
- The cameras use 5G technology to provide real-time smoke data that supports evacuation planning, resource deployment, and wildfire behavior prediction analyzed by UBCO's artificial intelligence.
- The Province invested $200,000 after the successful trial to expand the network, with Kelly Greene noting early detection can be life-saving and Ravi Parmar saying better prediction means keeping more families safe.
- The expanded camera network aims to enhance wildfire and emergency management statewide, offering vital information to first responders and potentially supporting fire management practices across Canada.
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UBCO teams up with Rogers and the City of Kelowna to use AI to predict wildfires
The City of Kelowna, UBCO and Rogers Communications have deployed low-cost weather stations across the Okanagan and around the city of Kelowna to monitor wildfire risk.The data is analyzed by artifici
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New partnership will help detect, monitor wildfires in B.C.
A camera network that gives first responders information to support wildfire response, emergency management and public awareness is being expanded through a partnership between the Province and the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus (UBCO).
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