Fireguard: A Real-Time Wildfire Monitoring and Risk Assessment System Using Unmanned Aerial Systems and Multi-Sensor Fusion

Gerhard Kemper

Article ID: 11651
Vol 8, Issue 4, 2025

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Abstract


Disaster Risk Management benefits from innovative techniques including AI and Multi Sensor Fusion. The Firefguard Approach uses such technologies to improve the Wildfire Management works in Saxony, Eastern Germany by supporting standing efforts in Early Warning, Disaster Response and Monitoring. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) play a vital role in providing real-time information via a 5G network to a central information management system that delivers geospatial information to response teams. This study highlights the potential of combining UAS, AI, geospatial solutions and existing data for real-time wildfire monitoring and risk assessment systems.

Keywords


Disaster Risk Management; Wildfire detection; Camera Technology; Multi Sensor; AI



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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24294/jgc11651

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