Project
Hotspot detection in harvest debris burn site – infrared sensing using remotely piloted aircraft systems
Year
2019
status
Completed
Researcher
Steven Hvenegaard (Lead)
Other Collaborator(s):
BC Timber Sales; Hummingbird Drones
Advisory Member(s):
–
Abstract
The ongoing evolution of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs) with recent advances in micro-sensors and imaging software has provided another “tool in the toolbox” for wildfire managers and prescribed burn practitioners to enhance the delivery of infrared imaging services. FPInnovations collaborated with BC Timber Sales and Hummingbird Drones, a company with expertise in wildfire hotspot detection, to explore the use of a DJI Inspire 1 Pro remotely piloted aircraft system equipped with a thermal sensor as a hotspot detection tool.
