Detection cameras on trial
Bushfire detection cameras were trialled in Australia last summer in the Otway Ranges, on Victoria’s south-west coast and near Tumut in New South Wales.
The cameras were placed in strategic positions around the Otway Ranges and on a fire tower in Tumut and are being evaluated by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre on their performance in detecting fire starts.
This was a research trial but the data was also made available to local fire incident control centres and the central operations of the state’s fire services.