HOT SPOT DETECTION

Precision Hot Spot Mapping: Advanced Drone Solutions for Wildfire Management

Aerial Innovations specializes in thermal scanning services for wildfires. Our flagship offering delivers precise, GPS-marked maps of wildfire hotspots, providing invaluable resources for Incident Command teams. These maps allow for targeted suppression efforts, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and effective extinguishment of fires.

Using state-of-the-art drone technology and hybrid infrared/RGB cameras, Aerial Innovations captures high-resolution thermal imagery, creating detailed and actionable hotspot maps.

Advanced Imaging

At Aerial Innovations, we are redefining wildfire hotspot mapping with a focus on delivering actionable insights through cutting-edge technology and innovative techniques. Our approach is built on three core pillars that set us apart: Precision, Operational Efficiency, and Advanced Radiometric Data Processing.

Precision

Drones offer unparalleled accuracy, operating beyond the limitations of visual flight rules (VFR) that restrict traditional aerial methods. By conducting scans at night, we eliminate thermal loading from sunlight, reducing false positives and ensuring more reliable data. This precision translates into detailed and actionable hotspot maps with unprecedented coordinate accuracy.

Operational Efficiency

Nighttime operations allow us to process data, perform quality checks, and deliver completed maps well before ground crews begin their workday. This proactive approach ensures that firefighting teams start their operational period equipped with vital information, saving both time and resources.

Radiometric Data Processing

Unlike standard thermal scans, we process raw radiometric data capturing precise temperature readings for every pixel of each IR image. This enables our thermographers to utilize the raw data to finely tune temperature thresholds and detect only live hot spots. Ambient ground conditions and objects prone to solar loading are recorded throughout the mission and used in threshold tuning, significantly reducing false positives.

Mission Framework

Rapid Mobilization

At Aerial Innovations, rapid mobilization is at the core of our operations. Once a mission objective is received, our team is prepared to deploy immediately, ensuring timely and effective wildfire support. Backed by extensive boots-on-the-ground wildfire experience, our team is highly trained in FR2 Initial Attack, ICS I-200, and S-230 Crew Leadership, providing the expertise needed to operate efficiently in dynamic fire environments.

With extensive experience in line camping, we have the capability to remain deployed for weeks at a time, maintaining continuous aerial support where it’s needed most. Our crews are fully equipped for remote deployment via truck, helicopter, ATV, or boat, ensuring swift and seamless operations in any environment.

Safe Efficient Production

At Aerial Innovations, safety and efficiency are at the forefront of our wildfire mapping operations. By leveraging night shift operations, we eliminate conflicts with manned aviation, allowing for safe, uninterrupted data collection and seamless integration into firefighting strategies. Operating at night also extends the operational period of fire suppression, ensuring that critical intelligence is gathered while ground crews rest, so they can begin each shift with actionable, up-to-date maps. Aerial Innovations maximizes efficiency with advanced long-endurance drone systems capable of flying for up to one hour consecutively and operating beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). This extended flight capability reduces downtime, increases area coverage, and enhances overall productivity. By minimizing the need for frequent landings and battery changes, we ensure efficient data collection and mission continuity. Our extended flight durations provide a large post mission window devoted to rigorous quality control, ensuring the highest accuracy in our mapping products.

Quality Deliverables

At Aerial Innovations, we prioritize accuracy and reliability in every deliverable. Our advanced data processing ensures that hot spot maps are precise, georeferenced, and ready for immediate use. By combining thorough quality control measures with on-time delivery, we provide firefighting teams with actionable intelligence they can trust. Every map is carefully reviewed to maintain the highest standards, ensuring that Incident Command receives clear, detailed, and dependable wildfire data to support effective decision-making and resource allocation.