Definition
Automatic surveillance methods are based on the systems used to monitor of wildlands or wildland urban interfaces (WUI) for the purpose of detecting wildfires in their initial phase (early wildfire detection). They are usually based on the advanced analysis of data received from sensors suitable for detecting various wildfire features, particularly those characteristic of the early wildfire stage, such as wildfire smoke and/or flames. In most cases, these sensors are video cameras that are sensitive to various electromagnetic spectra.
Introduction
In the firefighting community, the necessity of detecting wildfires in their initial stage is well known. Wildfire fighting efforts and potential wildfire damage are proportional to the time passed between wildfire ignition and detection (Kourtz 1987). Therefore, enormous efforts have focused on developing methods and systems capable of detecting...
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Stipaničev, D. (2019). Automatic Surveillance Methods. In: Manzello, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51727-8_10-1
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