Interesting Australian firefighting development and demonstration.
A recent media release stated a demonstration of cutting-edge Australian technology now leading the way in early detection, fighting and extinguishing fires would be held at 10:00 am, Wed 20 Jan ’21 Noosa Aerodrome, Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville, Qld, Australia. The event will involve several key players. Fireball.International's FUEGO Intelligence system will detect a real fire (demonstration) in real-time using artificial intelligence; this will be followed by McDermott Helicopters filling the Helitak expandable water tank and then dropping the water with precision to extinguish the fire.
The recent Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements identified the need to attack a fire ASAP before it can spread. (Reminds us of the COVID-19 pandemic??)
Industry folks are invited to attend. However, the event is being streamed worldwide to stakeholders who are unable to be there. The link to view the demonstration live is
https://www.broadcastinglive.tv/fireball-international.
The demonstration will be at 1000 am AEST (Brisbane time which is UTC+10)
Our thanks to Pprune Australia (Rotorheads) for allowing us to share this update with the global community.