Slides for meetup #2 of ACT Fire Tech https://www.meetup.com/ACTFireTech/

1. Seeing Machines develops technology that understands
driver behavior. We need talented people to solve
deeply challenging problems that will impact the future
of transport safety, globally.
careers@seeingmachines.com
daniel.rea@seeingmachines.com
+61 2 6103 4700

2. Welcome to ACT Fire Tech
Primary objective: bringing people together to create superior operational
capabilities for use by emergency services operators and the general public

3. Event#1 - Follow Up
◈ ACT Fire Tech brainstormed…
� Results have been categorized and digitized!
� See our new Trello board!
https://trello.com/b/gAfRHw1t/act-fire-tech
◈ Your Feedback was heard!
� Have reached out to suggested contacts
� Working to arrange more guest speakers
◈ Preliminary Research Continues
� Check out the Google Doc!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lfcOkyzwC8fUDFl7Yd8UqRG8t-XSUZTsB2CjQ71CYj4/edit
◈ Thank you Seeing Machines & Canberra Innovation Network
� CBRIN is providing us meetup space and free workspace
� Seeing Machines is now sponsoring ACT Fire Tech

4. ACT Fire Tech ‘Trello Board’
◈ Member ideas were collected and categorized
◈ Have created categories in Trello
…I’m looking to hook up the right people to the right categories
Need your help!
� Do you have relevant skills?
� Do you have knowledge and ideas?
� Please get in touch! …or comment on Trello…

7. Problem Categories
◈ Predictive Modelling
◈ Evacuation
◈ Comms / Infrastructure
◈ Intel / Imagery
◈ Data Sources
◈ Crowdsourcing Intel
◈ Monitoring+Notification Personalisation
◈ Wildlife
◈ Assisting ‘The Crisis App’”
Still looking for more!!!
…any of these catch your eye?
Please leave a comment! Get in touch!
Need to link people with relevant
skills/interest to categories/projects
https://trello.com/b/gAfRHw1t/act-fire-tech

8. Networking Efforts
◈ Now in-contact with TheCrisisApp, AUS Fire Hack
◈ Spoke with Geoscience Australia + EMSINA about tech/standards directions
◈ In-contact with BlazeAid
◈ Emails to many community groups, academics, organistaions

9. Preliminary Research
Please check out the group’s Google Doc ‘Ideas and

10. !!! Bonus BLAZE-AID Slides !!!
Today I got to speak with (the very busy) good people from BlazeAid!
“BlazeAid is a volunteer-based organisation that works with families and
individuals in rural Australia after natural disasters such as fires and floods.
Working alongside the rural families, our volunteers help to rebuild fences
and other structures that have been damaged or destroyed.”
….on average they have 10 camps per year, max 7 active at once...
RIGHT NOW:
◈ 36 ACTIVE volunteer camps/operations
◈ 50-100 volunteers at each

11. Problem Areas
◈ LOGISTICS: Huge amounts of goods needed to reach all over Australia
◈ REPORTING: Inventories, volunteer locations for insurance purposes,
progress/status
◈ COMMS: Vast numbers of people needing to go to a multitude of places
◈ DONATIONS: Inability to control donation quantities of good leads to
waste through excessive donations of a given item
◈ TRAINING: Each ‘camp’ runs almost in isolation: training and
administration is not shared between them

12. HOW ARE THEY RUNNING THIS?
Spreadsheets, email, social media, and a website!

13. ◈ Volunteer organisations like this exist all around the world
◈ They’re strapped for cash - donations go to the victims of disasters
◈ A free or low-cost solution to these problems could be deployed globally
Challenges:
◈ Many users are not very technically literate - bushy farmers, seniors
◈ Access to end-users is limited from the ACT right now
◈ Assume zero cash available
Please get in touch if you think you can assist BlazeAid!
Considerations

14. Thank you for your time!
◈ Looking to start collaborative projects
◈ Need to hook up skills to project-ideas
Please get involved…
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ACTFireTech
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164736894845339/
Email: ACTFireTech@gmail.com or daniel.rea.86@gmail.com
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/ACTFireTech/
Trello: https://discordapp.com/invite/dMB3eqN
G-Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lfcOkyzwC8fUDFl7Yd8UqRG8t-XSUZTsB2CjQ71CYj4/edit#
Slides will be made available online ASAP
See our Meetup website for details.