SenseNet is a Vancouver-based technology company providing a rapid wildfire detection solution.

The upstart leverages fire detection technology integrating sensors, cameras, and artificial intelligence-powered analysis to provide accurate and early alerts to wildfire threats.

SenseNet this week announced a partnership with neighbouring drone company SkyScout AI to combine the two B.C. companies’ technologies.

“The integrated solution provided by SenseNet’s sensors and state-of-the-art AI algorithms, combined with the drone technology of SkyScout AI, provides an unprecedented early fire detection system that can be deployed and scaled to enable informed and immediate response, critical to first responders charged with expansive wildfire surveillance and mitigation,” stated SenseNet chief executive officer Hamed Noori.

“We are very pleased to partner with SkyScout to enhance our solution for those communities living with the risk of wildfires,” Noori added.

Also based in Vancouver, SkyScout says its tech can initiate the automated deployment of Scout Drones, which will use SenseNet tech to provide further intelligence to manage wildfires.

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