Lambda| Spot That Fire V2.0

Project Details

Awards & Nominations

Lambda has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!

Local Peoples' Choice Winner

The Challenge | Spot That Fire V2.0

Your challenge is to create an application that leverages NASA's near-real-time and archival wildfire datasets along with other tools to support firefighting and fire mitigation efforts. This challenge builds on last year’s challenge of the same name by calling for innovative ideas and apps that focus on how to engage and enable citizens to assist with the entire firefighting and fire mitigation process.

FireSpot

Alerts you about nearby fires!

Lambda
  • INTRODUCTION

Fires are a natural part of the ecosystem, however they also present a huge danger to humans. Nearly 350,000 people die from wildfires/prescribed fires, this is not acceptable. With climate change, temperatures will increase and we can only expect more fire. We present a solution for people that are in danger.

  • GOAL

Our goal is notifying nearby residents and make sure they evacuating them out of harms way, helping them to self-sustain during a fire and help those around them. Using FIRMS(Fire Information for Resource Management System), we can see where fires pops up and act accordingly.

  • THE APP

First, the app collects sends the location from the user to the server. Using this information, we can: let the user report a fire that he sees, then confirm that information is valid via FIRMS, only to then notify nearby residents that are in danger in the way of the fires path. Then Providing a short guide on what to do to secure your own safety and how to help those who are in need.

GitHub link: https://github.com/viks1/ignis

  • RESOURCES USED

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/

https://nex.nasa.gov/nex/