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Air Attack IR+GIS Better than Easy 1 Interactive Moving-map GIS 2 IR & sensors turn on with plane 3 Intelligence to the ground By: Mark Zaller www.AerialFireTech.org

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Paper fire maps Difficulties on Project Fires Fire Camp Incident Command Dispatch Headquarters Tanker Base Heli-base FM Voice No Data Air Attack Doesn’t do mapping Doesn’t always get paper maps Often can’t see ground due to smoke Smoke

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Air Attack Transmit Spot Fire drawings IR+ GIS Moving-Map Instant Situational Awareness Low cost Changes Fire Camp Incident Command Dispatch Headquarters Tanker Base Heli-base Continuous operations over Smoke & Dark Improves Safety Offline Moving-Map with GIS FM Voice Satellite Data

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Subliminal IR+GIS, just another Window <ul><li>IR and/or GIS: Intuitive 1 st look, Subliminal 2 nd time </li></ul><ul><li>Passive: No training nor interaction required </li></ul><ul><li>Instant situational awareness – Eyes spend more time outside </li></ul><ul><li>Overall improved efficiency. Continued operations over smoke & at night </li></ul><ul><li>Fresh details always: Fire lines - Road names - Place search - Routing, etc. </li></ul><ul><li>Safety: Terrain & hazards recognition. Ground teams visible through smoke with IR </li></ul>

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Moving-Map Topos <ul><li>Windows Tablet PC in Cockpit </li></ul><ul><ul><li>No Clam-shell laptops </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Detailed situational awareness </li></ul><ul><li>Road, Creeks & local names </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Xmap GIS (All US with GIS import) $260 </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Topo 8 (Western US, no GIS import) $14 </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>MyTopo/TNG (1 State, no GIS import) $300 </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Apple & Android SmartPhones/Pads </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Free software & offline topos </li></ul></ul>Asus T101MT 2.9 lbs mounted $548

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<ul><li>GIS: Instant Situational Awareness </li></ul><ul><li>Initial Attack: Fire History, Powerlines, DPA, Topo details </li></ul><ul><li>Project Fires (Extended Attack): Daily Fire lines, hot spots, burn out, dozer & hand lines, division breaks, drop points, dip sites, etc. </li></ul><ul><li>3D or 2D, easy zoom if desired </li></ul><ul><li>DIY on AerialFireTech.org </li></ul>3D GIS Moving-map 90 missions in 2010, $1mil results

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Click here for Youtube of this moving

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I nfra R ed <ul><li>Fixed mount with clear view </li></ul><ul><li>Oriented to the Air Attack’s view </li></ul><ul><li>Easy installation & certification </li></ul><ul><li>Very effective with smoke/night </li></ul><ul><li>Hot Rocks Color </li></ul><ul><li>Passive, Intuitive, turns on/off with plane </li></ul><ul><li>No training or 3 rd person needed </li></ul><ul><li>Free on many CWN planes </li></ul>

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“ IR equipped air attack aircraft reduced the need to withdraw firefighters from the fireline” “ crews costing many thousands of dollars per day, disengagement, and the resulting loss of productivity, can represent a significant cost.” -Large Fire Cost Review for FY2009 IR coupled with GIS has become a most powerful set of tools for the air attack platform, and without those capabilities I have almost forgotten how I did it any other way “ Tom Bagwell, ATGS ORCA Team

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Target Drawing Transmitted over AFF Satellite <ul><li>Spot fires & Retardant targets </li></ul><ul><li>Acreage readouts for Initial Attack </li></ul><ul><li>Lines & Polygons on Google Earth </li></ul><ul><li>AFF Automatic Flight Following </li></ul><ul><li>Iridium Satellites slow but ubiquitous </li></ul><ul><li>2 Minute GPS position reports </li></ul><ul><li>Data sent in space between </li></ul><ul><li>Already installed hardware - free </li></ul><ul><li>Existing service contract – free </li></ul><ul><li>Airtime to transmit spot fire - $1 </li></ul>

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<ul><li>1 st place at 2011 Silicon Valley Developer's contest & WhereCamp: </li></ul><ul><li>Delivered to ground firefighters on April 2011 Texas Fires </li></ul><ul><li>iPhone/iPad Offline (no ATT/Verizon) moving-map on detailed Topos </li></ul><ul><li>1 PDF Maps by Avenza (free) – existing Geo-PDFs from fire GIS team </li></ul><ul><ul><li>GIS overlays with correct symbols offline & moving-map </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Safety - Fire lines - Road names – Fire points –Division Breaks </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Drawing. GPX track import/export </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Wifi daily updates from local fire camp server. No 3G needed </li></ul></ul><ul><li>2 Gaia ($20) – All US states topos offline, GPX import/export </li></ul><ul><li>Could lead to: Centralized GPS tracking of all People, Vehicles, Equipment, etc. </li></ul>Tactical GIS on SmartPhones & Pads For Air & Ground Firefighters in 2011 You are here

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Available & unused Intervalometer & recorded HD Video <ul><li>Not Tactical enough </li></ul><ul><li>Photos : 15 MegaPixels </li></ul><ul><li>Photos sync’d to DeLorme </li></ul><ul><li>Zoom-in after flight </li></ul><ul><li>Video : 1080x1920 HD color </li></ul><ul><li>Sync’d to Google Earth </li></ul><ul><li>Easy post flight fire mapping </li></ul><ul><li>Archive retardant drops & fire history </li></ul>

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This Fire Season: } Mapping GPS InfraRed SynViz Projection Mosaic GIS + + + + + + <ul><li>Roll out moving-map GIS on Tablet PCs to fire planes </li></ul><ul><li>Offer moving-map GIS on iPhone/iPad to ground teams </li></ul>Future Project Automatic Morph Auto-Transmit Tiny Vector Files over existing AFF

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Here to make it happen in 2011 By: Mark Zaller AeiralFireTech.org [email_address]