Wildfire monitoring system for real-time risk assessment

A system comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to:
• obtain environmental sensor readings from a first sensor suite of a wildfire monitoring system, wherein the environmental sensor readings include at least temperature data, humidity data, and windspeed data local to the first sensor suite;
• calculate a Hot, Dry, and Windy (HDW) index value using the temperature data, the humidity data, and the windspeed data;
• determine the HDW index value satisfies an HDW index threshold value;
• responsive to determining the HDW index value satisfies the HDW index threshold value, activate a second sensor suite characterized by a higher energy consumption than the first sensor suite;
• obtain, from the second sensor suite subsequent to activating the second sensor suite, smoke and infrared (IR) readings;
• detect wildfire conditions based on the smoke and infrared (IR) readings;
• and
• responsive to detecting the wildfire conditions, transmit a wildfire alert to a remote system.

Computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed, configure processing circuitry to:

• obtain environmental sensor readings from a first sensor suite of a wildfire monitoring system, wherein the environmental sensor readings include at least temperature data, humidity data, and windspeed data local to the first sensor suite;
• calculate a Hot, Dry, and Windy (HDW) index value using the temperature data, the humidity data, and the windspeed data;
• determine the HDW index value satisfies an HDW index threshold value;
• responsive to determining the HDW index value satisfies the HDW index threshold value, activate a second sensor suite characterized by a higher energy consumption than the first sensor suite;
• obtain, from the second sensor suite subsequent to activating the second sensor suite, smoke and infrared (IR) readings;
• detect wildfire conditions based on the smoke and infrared (IR) readings;
• and
• responsive to detecting the wildfire conditions, transmit a wildfire alert to a remote system.