WILDFIRE DEFENDER

• Main Authors: Walker, Stefanie M, Han, John, Kelsey, Kyle J, Ton-That, Hoa, Amuso, Joseph, Dykstra, James, Lee, George
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.07.2022
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ALARM SYSTEMS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; TRAPPING; WATERING

A system includes a processing device and memory device storing instructions that result in accessing a first dataset including aerial imagery data and infrared data, accessing a second dataset including property boundary data, and identifying property boundaries associated with a geographic area. A plurality of models is applied to the datasets to identify and compute information of interest. Based on the first dataset and constrained by the property boundaries, a building detection model can be applied to identify a building, and a vegetation detection model can be applied to identify one or more areas of vegetation. An estimated distance can be determined between each of the areas of vegetation and the building as separation data, which can be compared to a defensible space guideline to determine a defensible space adherence score. A wildfire risk map can be generated, including the defensible space adherence score associated with the geographic area.