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Forest Protect™
AI-powered wildfire detection and continuous environmental surveillance
Forest Protect™ is IRIDA AI Technologies' advanced wildfire detection and monitoring solution, developed for wind farms and other infrastructure located in or near fire-sensitive areas. It combines long-range thermal imaging, visible-spectrum cameras and Edge AI processing to continuously monitor the surrounding territory and identify potential fire events at an early stage.
See earlier. Locate precisely. Respond faster.
What it does
The system is designed to operate 24/7/365, providing continuous surveillance without relying on manual observation. Thermal sensors detect abnormal heat signatures and potential fire points, while visible-spectrum imaging supports smoke detection and event verification. Local Edge AI analyses the incoming data in real time, filters non-relevant events and helps reduce false alarms before an alert is transmitted.
How it works
Forest Protect™ uses a multi-stage detection process combining thermal sensing, visible imaging and AI-based event analysis. When the system identifies a potential fire or smoke event, it can automatically position the PTZ camera toward the detected area, analyse the event and generate an alarm package containing the relevant event information.
The system also incorporates geo-referencing capabilities, allowing detected events to be associated with their geographic location. This means the objective is not only to detect a potential fire, but also to provide operators and emergency-response organisations with actionable information on where the event is occurring.
Each alarm can include a timestamp, geographic coordinates, thermal imagery and event data, supporting faster assessment and more efficient response.
Designed for
- Wind farms located in or near forested areas
- High wildfire-risk regions
- Renewable-energy infrastructure requiring fire-prevention monitoring
- Remote areas with limited access
- Projects requiring continuous 24/7 surveillance
- Sites requiring geo-referenced fire alerts
- Projects requiring integration with monitoring or emergency-response centres
Elevated deployment for maximum coverage
One of the key strengths of Forest Protect™ is its ability to use existing elevated infrastructure as an observation point. The system can be installed on wind turbine nacelles, where the height of the turbine provides an exceptional, unobstructed field of view over the surrounding territory. It can also be deployed on meteo masts or dedicated monitoring masts, depending on the project layout and surveillance requirements.
For turbine-mounted installations, the elevated position significantly improves line of sight, reduces terrain shadowing and enables extensive 360° panoramic monitoring of forests, vegetation and surrounding land.
This makes wind turbines not only energy-generating assets, but also highly effective observation platforms for environmental and fire-risk monitoring.
Remote monitoring and emergency response
Forest Protect™ is designed to operate as part of a connected monitoring environment. Alarms and event information can be transmitted remotely to wind farm operators, central monitoring stations and, where the required interfaces are available, to competent authorities such as Civil Protection, Fire Departments, Forestry services or regional operational centres.
The system supports secure remote communication and can use industrial 4G/5G connectivity, with secure communication methods and remote diagnostics.
This allows critical information to reach the appropriate response teams quickly, together with the exact location of the detected event, helping reduce the time between detection, verification and intervention.
Autonomous operation
Forest Protect™ can also be deployed in remote areas where conventional power and communications infrastructure is limited or unavailable. Depending on the installation, the system can operate with:
- Solar panels and battery systems
- 4G/5G communication routers
- Satellite communications where mobile coverage is unavailable
- Remote system-health monitoring
- Autonomous restart and recovery after power or connectivity interruption
This makes the solution suitable not only for operational wind farms, but also for remote forest areas, infrastructure corridors and other high-risk locations requiring independent wildfire surveillance.
Why Forest Protect™
Forest Protect™ turns existing wind-energy infrastructure into a powerful wildfire-monitoring network. By combining elevated positioning, thermal and visible sensing, Edge AI, geo-referenced detection and remote alarm transmission, the system provides operators with an automated and continuous way to detect, verify and locate potential fire events as early as possible. Its main value is not simply detecting fire — it is providing actionable information quickly enough to support an effective response.
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