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Heathland at dawn with mist, a single tree and a treeline. A thin plume of smoke rises behind the treeline; the smoke was added digitally.

  • Smoke. Fixed point at the ground, grows and shifts. Alert.

  • Cloud. Detached from the horizon, drifts as a whole. No alert.

  • Low sun. Bright patch, moves with the sun. No alert.

  • Mist. Low and flat, dissolves in the light. No alert.

  • Treeline. The fixed horizon. Every change shows against it. No alert.

The first smoke. Recognised.

Firstplume recognises a starting wildfire by its first plume of smoke, in images from fixed cameras.

Get in touchHow it works

From image to alert.

Every image assessed, every sequence followed, every alert seen by a person.

  1. 01

    Fixed camera.

    An ordinary fixed camera keeps the horizon in view.

  2. 02

    Every image.

    A detection model assesses every camera image.

  3. 03

    The sequence.

    A second layer alerts only when something persists and grows or shifts.

  4. 04

    Extra check.

    A separate step against false alarms from clouds, sun and mist. In development.

  5. 05

    A person decides.

    Every alert goes to a person, who reviews and decides.

False alarms are the benchmark.

1 fixed in advance 2 real wildfiressmoke-free days, blind 3 independently reviewed rangefalse alarms per camera per day4 result as a range 1 fixed in advance 2 real wildfiressmoke-free days, blind 3 independently reviewed 4 result as a rangerangefalse alarms per camera per day

1 Fixed in advance. Every comparison is set before anything is measured.

2 Real and blind. Measured on real wildfires and on blind-checked smoke-free days.

3 As a range. Independently reviewed, reported with an uncertainty margin.

For those who manage the landscape.

  • Firstplume watches through fixed cameras over heath, dune and forest and flags the first smoke. An alert follows only when something persists and grows or shifts.

  • A person reviews every alert and decides. We are looking for safety regions and fire services for pilots, imagery and feedback.

  • Smoke detection for the natural areas in your municipality or province, on ordinary fixed cameras. We are looking for areas for the first pilots.

  • For recreation areas, estates and military training grounds: a fixed camera that keeps the horizon in view, and an alert at the first smoke. We are looking for land managers for pilots, imagery and feedback.

  • We measure false alarms per camera per day, on real wildfires and on blind-checked smoke-free days. Every comparison is fixed in advance and independently reviewed.

Flowering heathland with a sandy path and scattered trees at sunrise.

Become a pilot partner.

For land managers, safety regions, fire services and researchers: pilot sites, imagery and feedback.

Get in touchcontact@firstplume.nl