Over the past couple of decades, the number of wildfires and area of land burned around the world has been steadily increasing, partly due to climatic changes and global warming. Therefore, there is a high probability that more people will be exposed to and endangered by forest fires. Hence there is an urgent need to design pervasive systems that effectively assist people and guide them to safety during wildfires. This paper presents EscapeWildFire, a mobile application connected to a backend system which models and predicts wildfire geographical progression, assisting citizens to escape wildfires in real-time. A small pilot indicates the correctness of the system. The code is open-source; fire authorities around the world are encouraged to adopt this approach.
翻译:在过去几十年里,世界各地野火和被烧毁的土地数量稳步增加,部分原因是气候变化和全球变暖,因此,森林火灾很可能使更多的人受到森林火灾的影响和危害,因此迫切需要设计能够有效帮助人们和指导他们在野火中安全的普遍系统。本文介绍了Escape WildFire,这是一个与一个后端系统相连的移动应用,后端系统可以模拟和预测野火的地理演变,帮助公民实时逃离野火。一个小试点显示该系统的正确性。守则是开源的;鼓励世界各地的消防当局采用这一方法。