This work presents the fire monitoring and detecting system for tactical forest fire-fighting operations based on a team of unmanned aerial vehicles, remote sensing, and image processing. The idea of such a system and its general parameters and possibilities are described. Functions and missions of the system, as well as its architecture, are considered. The image processing and remote sensing algorithms are presented, a way for data integration into a real-time DSS is proposed. The results of experimental research of the prototype system are presented. The combination of multi-UAV-based automatic monitoring, remote sensing and image processing techniques provides required credibility and efficiency of the fire detection.
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