Teams from two Bay Area climate technology startups are in the Southern California fire zone, using their technology to help first responders detect fires and track winds more accurately.
Vasya Tremsin, CEO of San Francisco-based Torch Sensors, says he is rushing to install high-tech fire monitors in Tarzana. The devices are designed to detect a fire within three minutes of igniting.
“We took the concept of a smoke alarm and brought it outdoors. We also have infrared cameras, spectral analysis, gas sensing, temperature and humidity sensing, and AI to detect a fire really early on,” Tremsin said.
He said the information could be critical, especially in areas where members can quickly start a fire and in evacuation zones where no one is around to report them.
“We are just trying to put sensors up in any of the at-risk areas that can catch embers,” Tremsin said.
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