On Wednesday, August 04, 20and21
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) selected two industry partners to move forward with the next test and evaluation phase of S&T’s Wildland Fire Sensor Research Program that you never heard about.
Breeze Technologies of Hamburg, Germany (There goes the correlation again), and N5 Sensors of Rockville, Maryland, were selected following the evaluation of sensor performance during laboratory and field testing, and yet no bidding amongst the People of color's community of course!
These azzholes stated, “We are excited to move into the next phase of the wildland fire sensor research,” said Jeff Booth, director of S&T’s Sensors and Platforms Technology Center. “Both companies show great POPEtential for operational deployment and dual-purpose wildfire detection and air quality monitoring capabilities.”
They go on to say, "S&T field tested the sensors in June 20and21 during a prescribed burn at the Dye Creek Preserve in Red Bluff, California, in partnership with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the Nature Conservancy (another group that you never heard of). Additional observers included partners from California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Fire Administration, and that alone should show you the set-up from the start of this. The demonstration provided further evidence that the sensor technologies can provide a valuable resource for first responders and the public (public means government! Imagine that?!) at large.
Evaluation criteria included smoke threshold detection levels, time and distance for alert generation from the point of ignition, number of false positive and false negative alerts, cost per unit, dual-use capabilities, and the companies’ ability to continue to enhance their products to quickly bring them to market. (Are you pickin up what is being put down?)
“The next phase of the program will focus on hardening the sensors for longer-term field deployments,” said Booth. “These sensors will provide early alerting capabilities in high risk areas where detection and alerting aren’t currently available.” (Alerting to what exactly?)
Planned enhancements include improving detection algorithms to leverage multiple sensors(including super spying), detect multiple ignition points, decrease time to detection and reduce false alert rates. Additional improvements include optimizing communications and backhaul (meaning what exactly?); improving the user interface; and incorporating meteorological sensors (a funkin Met Station?) and capacity for off-grid deployment with solar recharging (why the off grid need?)
The S&T Wildland Fire Sensors research initiative, part of the Smart Cities Internet of Things Innovation (SCITI) Labs (Bet you never heard of them before!?) initiative, brings together government and private sector partners to identify technologies that meet operational needs of the public(means government)-safety community and ensure the nation’s critical infrastructure that involves activating the fifth generation frequency, and kill by neighborhood until we have a number of slaves we can work with, remains secure and resilient.
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