Code
PR-00743; PR-00779
The LUMES project is an innovation project within the INNTERCONECTA GALICIA 2013 program and covers several of the program’s priority areas such as “Information and Communication Technologies,” “Environment,” and “Sustainable Transport,” with the aim of developing advanced tools to address a global problem, namely forest fires. The main objective of the project is the development of new advanced technologies for integrated forest fire fighting, which will reduce both the number of fires and their size, while creating a safety envelope around operations, significantly decreasing the accident rates for those involved (technicians, firefighters, and pilots).
To achieve this, the following specific objectives are targeted:
- Develop technologies for nighttime firefighting with aerial means, allowing a 100% increase in the presence time of aerial units (from 12 to 24 hours of service), enabling integrated forest fire control when fires are most vulnerable, as temperatures drop and winds subside at night.
- Develop an efficient and secure real-time air traffic coordination system, which will manage the distribution of aerial resources within the fire scene and provide operational instructions.
- Develop helicopter-borne systems and tools for the location, communication, and rescue of firefighting brigades and other firefighting resources in low visibility and high-risk situations.
- Develop a certifiable UAV system, based on the development and integration of a specific payload to carry out observation, telecommunications, and meteorological survey missions during fire-fighting operations.
- Develop an expert system that, operating in real-time, integrates all the variables affecting fire suppression and defines the optimal course of action, assisting the firefighting director in decision-making.
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Financing
FEDER - INNTERCONECTA
