Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli shared the details of the artificial intelligence system announced by President Erdogan the other day. Accordingly, the system will detect smoke in a wide area through cameras, enabling early intervention in fires.
The summer months of 2021 were a hotbed of fire for our country. With the gigantic fires seen especially in the Mediterranean region, a year’s total in Turkey More than 170,000 hectares of land it was ashes. While the fire concerns regarding this year continued, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced some measures to be taken after the Cabinet Meeting held last day.
In his statement, the President announced that steps will be taken to strengthen the infrastructure in the fight against forest fires without waiting for the weather to warm up. Announcing that the number of unmanned aerial vehicles will be increased to 8, the number of firefighting aircraft to 20 and the number of helicopters to 55, Erdoğan also said: announced the establishment of an artificial intelligence system. After this statement, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli shared details about the artificial intelligence system.
Fire will be detected, teams will be dispatched directly
It will ensure that fires are detected early and intervened quickly. Remote Smoke Detection Fire Early Warning System Talking about Pakdemirli, he explained how the system will be set up and how it will work. Accordingly, the system will detect smoke in an area of 20 kilometers through the cameras in the forest watchtowers and will be able to detect the fire within two minutes.
The system will send an alarm as SMS or MMS after detecting smoke with 76 smart towers, 103 camera towers and a total of 358 cameras in Turkey. from a tower While an area of 20-25 thousand hectares can be scanned in 2 minutes, the coordinates of the fire point will be determined through the camera on the program where the fire is detected. Then teams will be dispatched to these coordinates.
The system was installed in Antalya and Muğla
Pakdemirli, in question artificial intelligence system It was established in Antalya and Muğla. explained andAs soon as the smoke comes out in the forests, we get the smoke with artificial intelligence. In other words, thanks to the warning given by artificial intelligence, we will instantly determine the place where the smoke comes out. And we will be able to dispatch the closest team here.” he said.