CHRIS – Enhancing Wildfire Response with Near Real-Time Wildfire Overview Mapping

CHRIS Stitching Together a Clearer Picture of Wildfires

When battling wildfires, time and clarity are everything. CHRIS is a wildfire response support solution that transforms raw drone footage into actionable intelligence, in near real-time.

By stitching together images from drones in near real-time, CHRIS generates a high-resolution, bird’s-eye view of active wildfire zones. The resulting map includes precise fire boundaries, GPS-located hotspots, and a clear spatial context, all crucial for emergency teams on the ground.

The video above showcases CHRIS in action, illustrating how scattered visuals from multiple images are transformed into a coherent operational map. This enhanced situational awareness allows first responders to plan evacuations, allocate resources, and fight the fire more effectively.

Whether it's day or night, wide-scale or fast-spreading, CHRIS provides emergency crews with the clarity they need—right when they need it.

Are you ready to get a better overview of wildfires? Learn more about CHRIS now.

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Problem: Getting a Meaningful Wildfire Overview

As technology evolves, so does the toolkit of modern fire departments. Drones are now a common sight in wildfire response, offering quick aerial views of affected areas. However, a single drone feed, even when live, is often hard to interpret.

Take a moment to watch the first video above. You’ll notice that trying to locate a fire based on a vague reference like “the third tree to the left” just isn’t practical. Drone footage alone, while visually informative, lacks geospatial clarity and a sense of scale.