Prevention - Containment - Safety Unmanned Aerial System Support to the Pikes Peak Wildfire Protection Partners

Information Layers Fire Operations Center Prevention - Containment - Safety

Drone: What It Is…What It Does Power Communications Flight Control Sensor Payload 20-30min Flight Duration per charge. 5 min Battery Swap Agile, Autonomous Data Processing Product Generation Drones are Cheap! Multirotor System Prevention - Containment - Safety

Drone Support to Wildfires Multispectral Imagery Collection and Analysis Vegetation Analysis Predictive Modeling Pre-Fire Real-Time Visible and Thermal Imagery Collection Situational Awareness Decision Making Multispectral Imagery Collection and Analysis Landcover Analysis Erosion Modeling Rehabilitation Monitoring DuringPost Fire Prevention - Containment - Safety

Pre-Fire Collection False Color Near Infrared (NIR) Composite Healthy vegetation bright red Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Biomass Analysis Biomass Identification Modeling True Color Composite Orientation Aerial Systems Prevention - Containment - Safety

Fire Operations Center During a Wildfire Small, Maneuverable Controlled from the Ground by Operator High Resolution Camera Identifies: - Current and Previous Burn Areas - Path of the Fire “Drone Layer” Supports Decision Making Firefighter Teams Photo/Video/Telemetry Data Architecture Prevention - Containment - Safety

Post Wildfire Archived Imagery “Normal Biomass” Develop Hydrologic Models based on Vegetation and Soil Conditions Assess Forest Re-Growth Efforts Post-Fire Collection “Low-Biomass” Elevation Data Prevention - Containment - Safety

Drones Are Cheap (Relatively!) Observation System : $ $2500 Imagery Analysis : Per Acre Charge (e.g. $5-6/acre) Data Integration : TBD Operating cost for a Drone is roughly 1/10 th a manned aircraft Prevention - Containment - Safety

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