SHIFTBIT | Spot That Fire!
Awards & Nominations
SHIFTBIT has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
The Challenge | Spot That Fire!
Fire the Fire
Fire the Fire is a mobile app , which aims to take the next step in fast and reliable fire detection with basically 0 cost. A willing community and Nasa's OpennEX API is all we require to make firefighter's job easier and people's life safer.
- Uses the power of crowdsourcing in a simple mobile app.
- Reduces wildfire detection time to approximately 5 minutes .
- Reduces false alarm rate.
- Makes estimations about resources required to put out the fire , based on current conditions.
Possibility to report a fire in your area or nearby , with just asimple double-tap ( Ability to include pictures/videos)
Immediately report to local firefighting station and nearby citizens along with the location ( to confirm the fire or report it as false) .
A specific number of people have to confirm the fire, reducing false alarm rates. This number is dependent on several factors like ( location fire history , atmospheric conditions, location type , current season, is accompanied by pictures/videos or not .)
After confirmation , a second alarm is sent to the firefighting station ( confirming or not the fire ) . They can use this confirmation time( estimated about 2-3 minutes ) for full preparation.
IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE NO PEOPLE ARE PRESENT , NASA's Opennex APIs can be used. Maximum detection time will be 15 minutes (time satellite images update ) , average detection time 5 minutes .
INCREASES EFFICIENCY
MAKE ESTIMATIONS BASED ON FIRE LOCATION AND WEATHER CONDITIONS about number of resources needed to put out the fire .
GitHub Link : https://github.com/Neriysp/FireTheFire
NASA OpenNEX : https://nex.nasa.gov/nex/static/htdocs/site/extra/...
Fire History Data : https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/...
SpaceApps is a NASA incubator innovation program.