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3 - Result in Germany
System for early forest fire detection: firewatch 177
In Germany, in the area of Brandenburg, Firewatch system was adopted and
evaluated by the German Ministry for Forests. In these areas there was
already a structure based on observation towers with operator warning,
which was gradually replaced by the system Firewatch.
Data were collected in 2005, when all facilities were completed and operational,
and compared with the averages for the period 1975 to 1996 and
relate to a wooded area of 1,100,000 ha. In Germany the central office is
managed by the Forest Guard, which constantly monitor the images with its
alarms reported by the system, just one of the records is validated by the
operators, firemen are alerted, sending the image detected by camera, the
coordinates and all the useful data.
Figure 2 - Comparison 1975-1996 and 2005.
Figure 3 - Comparison 1975-1996 and 2005.