Fire-RS, a successful second demonstration

During the past Thursday, 23rd of May, the LSTS hosted the second FIRE-RS field demonstration. This demonstration was aimed at validating the UAV segment of the FIRE-RS fire monitoring tool as well as the interaction between the UAV systems, the LSTS's Neptus command & control software and the fire mapping & propagation algorithms from LAAS. The demonstration was attended by a series of possible stakeholders from different institutions: Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente; Bombeiros Sapadores CM V.N. Gaia; Bombeiros Voluntários Leixões; Curso de Engenharia de Protecção Civil; Comando Distrital de Operações de Socorros do Porto and CCDR-N. This live demo was the culmination of a series of field tests carried out during the entire week at the LIPA airstrip.

The overall results of the demonstration were promising and generated great interest from all participating guests to try and "get this into the field as soon as possible". The last demonstration will be on the 6th of June in Toulouse, France, at the LAAS headquarters and will be focused more in the academic and technical challenges faced by the project.

by António Sérgio Ferreira