The use of UAVS and helicopters in forest fires monitoring and extinguishing in hard-to-reach areas

Abstract

The paper is devoted to innovative methods for monitoring and fighting forest fires in hard-to-reach places using drones and helicopters. The main content of the study comes from the experience of extinguishing forest fires in hard-to-reach places in the southern regions of Russia . The main research is devoted to the problem of extinguishing and finding new innovative ways to prevent and extinguish forest fires in hard-to-reach places. Ecological methods of monitoring and extinguishing forest fires are considered.

Domestic experience of unmanned aerial vehicles for forest conditions monitoring

“…Unmanned vehicles provide forestry enterprises with information about the space occupied by vegetation in a short time. The drone eliminates the need to detour a large area and provides genuine information to monitor ecosystem trends and possibly correct deviations [8][9].…”