Automatic swimming pool identification for fire suppression

Bo Fitzsimmons; Heidi Buck

doi:10.1117/12.927774

15 October 2012 Automatic swimming pool identification for fire suppression

Bo Fitzsimmons, Heidi Buck

Proceedings Volume 8515, Imaging Spectrometry XVII; 85150B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927774
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Southern California experienced some of the largest wildfires ever seen in 2003 and 2007. The Cedar fire in 2003 resulted in 2,820 lost structures and 15 deaths, and the Witch fire in 2007 resulted in 1,650 lost structures and 2 deaths according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). Fighting fires of this magnitude requires every available resource, and an adequate water supply is vital in the firefighting arsenal. Utilizing the fact that many homes in Southern California have swimming pools, firefighters could have access to strategically placed water supplies. The problem is accurately and quickly identifying which residences have actively filled swimming pools at the time of the emergency. The proposed method approaches the problem by employing satellite imagery and remote sensing techniques. Specifically, swimming pool identification is attempted with Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) on multispectral imagery from the Worldview-2 satellite.

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Bo Fitzsimmons and Heidi Buck "Automatic swimming pool identification for fire suppression", Proc. SPIE 8515, Imaging Spectrometry XVII, 85150B (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927774

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