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In recent years, increased wildfires have caused irreversible damage to forest resources worldwide, threatening wildlives and human living conditions. The lack of accurate frontline information in real-time can pose great risks to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Tai Yang , Shumeng Zhang , Yong Wang , Jialei Liu

Forest fires pose a significant threat to ecosystems, economies, and human health worldwide. Early detection and assessment of forest fires are crucial for effective management and conservation efforts. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Jinda Zhang

The implementation of early warning mechanisms that can be used to detect forest fires in rural areas is essential to mitigate their deleterious effects, in particular by notifying local fire authorities to mount timely emergency responses.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Belcher Anthony , Esteva Miguel A. , Lam Anthea , Ramadhani Rizki , Rayhan Achmad , Xu Wangkun , Tuncer Daphne

In this paper, we present a method for detecting objects of interest, including cars, humans, and fire, in aerial images captured by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) usually during vegetation fires. To achieve this, we use artificial neural…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Hartmut Surmann , Artur Leinweber , Gerhard Senkowski , Julien Meine , Dominik Slomma

This paper proposes a new machine learning based system for forest fire earlier detection in a low-cost and accurate manner. Accordingly, it is aimed to bring a new and definite perspective to visual detection in forest fires. A drone is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Ayşegül Yanık , Mehmet Serdar Güzel , Mertkan Yanık , Erkan Bostancı

There have been many recent developments in the use of Deep Learning Neural Networks for fire detection. In this paper, we explore an early warning system for detection of forest fires. Due to the lack of sizeable datasets and models tuned…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Sharjeel Ahmed , Daim Armaghan , Fatima Naweed , Umair Yousaf , Ahmad Zubair , Murtaza Taj

High-altitude, multi-spectral, aerial imagery is scarce and expensive to acquire, yet it is necessary for algorithmic advances and application of machine learning models to high-impact problems such as wildfire detection. We introduce a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Yajvan Ravan , Aref Malek , Chester Dolph , Nikhil Behari

This paper surveys different publicly available neural network models used for detecting wildfires using regular visible-range cameras which are placed on hilltops or forest lookout towers. The neural network models are pre-trained on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Ziliang Hong , Emadeldeen Hamdan , Yifei Zhao , Tianxiao Ye , Hongyi Pan , A. Enis Cetin

The increasing frequency of catastrophic natural events, such as wildfires, calls for the development of rapid and automated wildfire detection systems. In this paper, we propose a wildfire identification solution to improve the accuracy of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-08 Angelica Urbanelli , Luca Barco , Edoardo Arnaudo , Claudio Rossi

With fires becoming increasingly frequent and severe across the globe in recent years, understanding climate change's role in fire behavior is critical for quantifying current and future fire risk. However, global climate models typically…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Tristan Ballard , Gopal Erinjippurath

Due to recent climate changes, we have seen more frequent and severe wildfires in the United States. Predicting wildfires is critical for natural disaster prevention and mitigation. Advances in technologies in data processing and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-22 Hyung-Jin Yoon , Petros Voulgaris

Firefighting is a dynamic activity, in which numerous operations occur simultaneously. Maintaining situational awareness (i.e., knowledge of current conditions and activities at the scene) is critical to the accurate decision-making…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-23 Manish Bhattarai , Aura Rose Jensen-Curtis , Manel MartíNez-Ramón

In recent years, the increasing prevalence and intensity of wildfires have posed significant challenges to emergency response teams. The utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, has shown promise in aiding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-07 Chang Liu , Tamas Sziranyi

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become increasingly important in disaster emergency response by facilitating aerial video analysis. Due to the limited computational resources available on UAVs, large models cannot be run efficiently…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Yanbing Bai , Rui-Yang Ju , Lemeng Zhao , Junjie Hu , Jianchao Bi , Erick Mas , Shunichi Koshimura

Wildfires are one of the costliest and deadliest natural disasters in the US, causing damage to millions of hectares of forest resources and threatening the lives of people and animals. Of particular importance are risks to firefighters and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-29 Alireza Shamsoshoara , Fatemeh Afghah , Abolfazl Razi , Liming Zheng , Peter Z Fulé , Erik Blasch

Wildfire catastrophes cause significant environmental degradation, human losses, and financial damage. To mitigate these severe impacts, early fire detection and warning systems are crucial. Current systems rely primarily on fixed CCTV…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Sabina Jangirova , Branislava Jankovic , Waseem Ullah , Latif U. Khan , Mohsen Guizani

Remote sensing has become a crucial part of our daily lives, whether it be from triangulating our location using GPS or providing us with a weather forecast. It has multiple applications in domains such as military, socio-economical,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Samyak Prajapati , Amrit Raj , Yash Chaudhari , Akhilesh Nandwal , Japman Singh Monga

Over 8,024 wildfire incidents have been documented in 2024 alone, affecting thousands of fatalities and significant damage to infrastructure and ecosystems. Wildfires in the United States have inflicted devastating losses. Wildfires are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Lakshmi Aishwarya Malladi , Navarun Gupta , Ahmed El-Sayed , Xingguo Xiong

As wildfires are expected to become more frequent and severe, improved prediction models are vital to mitigating risk and allocating resources. With remote sensing data, valuable spatiotemporal statistical models can be created and used for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Alissa Chavalithumrong , Hyung-Jin Yoon , Petros Voulgaris

Mapping standing dead trees is critical for assessing forest health, monitoring biodiversity, and mitigating wildfire risks, for which aerial imagery has proven useful. However, dense canopy structures, spectral overlaps between living and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Anis Ur Rahman , Einari Heinaro , Mete Ahishali , Samuli Junttila