Monitoring and cordoning wildfires with an autonomous swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles

F Saffre, H Hildmann, H Karvonen, T Lind - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, are already an integral part of the equipment used by
firefighters to monitor wildfires. They are, however, still typically used only as remotely …

Drone swarms in fire suppression activities: A conceptual framework

E Ausonio, P Bagnerini, M Ghio - Drones, 2021 - mdpi.com
The recent huge technological development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can
provide breakthrough means of fighting wildland fires. We propose an innovative forest …

A survey on robotic technologies for forest firefighting: Applying drone swarms to improve firefighters' efficiency and safety

JJ Roldán-Gómez, E González-Gironda, A Barrientos - Applied sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest firefighting missions encompass multiple tasks related to prevention, surveillance,
and extinguishing. This work presents a complete survey of firefighters on the current …

Unmanned aerial vehicles for wildland fires: Sensing, perception, cooperation and assistance

MA Akhloufi, A Couturier, NA Castro - Drones, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wildfires represent a significant natural risk causing economic losses, human death and
environmental damage. In recent years, the world has seen an increase in fire intensity and …

Use of fire-extinguishing balls for a conceptual system of drone-assisted wildfire fighting

B Aydin, E Selvi, J Tao, MJ Starek - Drones, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper examines the potential use of fire extinguishing balls as part of a proposed
system, where drone and remote-sensing technologies are utilized cooperatively as a …

Wildfire detection in large-scale environments using force-based control for swarms of UAVs

G Tzoumas, L Pitonakova, L Salinas, C Scales… - Swarm Intelligence, 2023 - Springer
Wildfires affect countries worldwide as global warming increases the probability of their
appearance. Monitoring vast areas of forests can be challenging due to the lack of resources …

Early forest fire detection using drones and artificial intelligence

D Kinaneva, G Hristov, J Raychev… - 2019 42nd International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Forest and urban fires have been and still are serious problem for many countries in the
world. Currently, there are many different solutions to fight forest fires. These solutions …

Fire detection and geo-localization using uav's aerial images and yolo-based models

K Choutri, M Lagha, S Meshoul, M Batouche… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The past decade has witnessed a growing demand for drone-based fire detection systems,
driven by escalating concerns about wildfires exacerbated by climate change, as …

Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles in bushfire management: Challenges and opportunities

S Partheepan, F Sanati, J Hassan - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
The intensity and frequency of bushfires have increased significantly, destroying property
and living species in recent years. Presently, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology …

UAV patrolling for wildfire monitoring by a dynamic voronoi tessellation on satellite data

A Giuseppi, R Germanà, F Fiorini, F Delli Priscoli… - Drones, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fire monitoring and early detection are critical tasks in which Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) are commonly employed. This paper presents a system to plan the drone patrolling …