The Brief
- Artificial intelligence helped identify a wildfire in Orange County in December.
- Orange County fire officials say it’s the first time AI was exclusively responsible for detecting a fire.
- The technology reported the flames before any humans called in reports of flames or smoke.
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – It’s a first in the agency’s history… the Orange County Fire Authority used artificial intelligence to detect and respond to a vegetation fire.
Around 2 a.m. on December 4, OCFA’s Emergency Command Center dispatchers received an alert from the University of California San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia camera network’s AI, which identified an anomaly in video footage.
Fire officials say the fire was solely detected by cameras monitoring high-risk areas across the county. The fire broke out in Black Star Canyon, a remote area of Orange County. Because the area is remote, no one reported any smoke or fire.…