szendrő town municipality professional fire brigade 3752 szendrő, váralja út 3. some potential...
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Szendrő Town MunicipalityProfessional Fire Brigade3752 Szendrő, Váralja út 3.
SOME POTENTIAL APPLICATION FOR UAVs
ESPECIALLY FIRE FIGHTING
ÁGOSTON RESTÁS
UAVNET Hungarian regional workshop
23rd September 2005 Szendrő, Hungary
HUNGARY
• Location: at the centre of Europe• Lies in the Carpathian Basin• Joining to European Union on 1 May 2004.• Statistic:
- 93 thousand km2- 712 thousand hectares forests- 18.5 % of the country’s territory- 40 % private ownership
SZENDRŐ
AGGTELEK NATIONAL PARK
GLOBAL WARMING
MEDIA STATISTIC
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Number of fire
lost (100 eFt)
100
1900
1350
1100
300200
450
1050
150
1000
800
650
2400
1100
600 700
500750 850
100
850
350
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Number of fire lost (100 eFt)
WHY HELP?
PROCESSE OF FINDING NEW TECHNOLOGIE
NEW TECHNOLOGIE
TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIE
PRACTICAL
STEPS
JURISTIC
STEPS
THEORETICAL
STEPS
DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION
THEORETICAL STEPS
1. Analysing the traditional process
2. Gathering the problems of traditional process
3. Finding the theoretical solutions
4. Determine the requests
5. Evidence the economical efficiency
STATUS I.
Analysing the process fighting forest fireGathering the problems of reconnaissanceFinding the theoretical solutionsDetermine the requests
Answer: Aerial reconnaissance – UAVRobot Reconnaissance Aircraft
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ANALYSING THE PROCESSE FIGHTING FOREST FIRE
LO
ST
TIME
TLOST = R2 Π
-Δt
saved
9.
ON THE SCENE
GATHERING THE POBLEMSOF RECONNAISSANCE
• The fire may cover such a large area that reconnaissance requires touring around the entire affected area.
• Commander of fire-fighting operations is too close to the fire. He can not see the forest for the trees!
THE THEORETICAL SOLUTIONS
PERSPECTIVE IMAGES RECONNAISSANCE BY UAV-RRA
REQUESTS
• Immediate deployment • Image information• Autonomy flying • Take off vertically • Flying around a circle of 1 km radius
• Flying about 10-15 minutes
Rapid
Simple
Objective
STATUS II.
Evidence of economical efficiency
- comparison analysis
- affected area analysis
- economical analysis
Answer: UAVThe Utility of Robot Reconnaissance Aircraft
10th UAVNET Meeting 10th UAVNET Meeting 6 - 7. May 2004, London 6 - 7. May 2004, London
AIR RECONNAISSANCE MATRIX
1088∑
xxx xx x Costs
xxx xx x Support
xx xx xxx Information
xx xx xxx Time
UAV - RRA UAV Staff aircraft
INTERVENTION SUPPORT BY UAV-RRA
- Forest
- Affected area by traditional control
- Affected area by UAV-RRA support
– Absolut lost
ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS
COST absolute
+COST affected area by traditional control
+COST traditional intervention
TOTAL COST traditional control
COST absolute
+COST affected area by UAV-RRA control
+COST UAV-RRA intervention
TOTAL COST UAV-RRA control
COST affected area by traditional control >COST affected area by UAV-RRA control
COST traditional intervention > COST UAV-RRA intervention
COST affected area by traditional control
- COST affected area by UAV-RRA control
Δ COST affected area
COST traditional intervention
- COST UAV-RRA intervention
Δ COST intervention
TOTAL COST traditional control
-TOTAL COST UAV-RRA control
Δ TOTAL COST
Δ COST affected area
+ Δ COST traditional intervention
- COST UAV-RRA intervention
Δ TOTAL COST
COSTUAV-RRA intervention<ΔCOST affected area+ΔCOST traditional intervention
ΔCOST affected area
+ ΔCOST traditional intervention
-COSTRRA intervention
> 0 !
PROCESSE OF FINDING NEW TECHNOLOGIE
NEW TECHNOLOGIE
TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIE
PRACTICAL
STEPS
JURISTIC
STEPS
THEORETICAL
STEPS
DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION
1. Experiment by traditional equipment
2. Evaluation the results
3. Comparison the requests to results
4. Determine the direction of development
5. Experiment by advanced technology
PRACTICAL STEPS
PRACTICAL STEPS
Experiment by traditional equipmentEvaluation the results
Comparison the requests to resultsDetermine the direction of development
Answer: UAV based fire detectionResult of test flyings in summer 2004.
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EXPERIMENTE I.
East fire
South fire
North fire
Szendrő Fire Departement
Lunch and landing
LAUNCH THE UAV
REAL TIME ANALISYS
REAL TIME ANALISYS
REAL TIME FIRE MONITORING
EVALUATION THE RESULTS
More time 5Flying 10-15 minutes
Real problem
MeansDevelopment Results
(1-5)
Requests
xTime & Mind
GPS based Robot
1Autonomy flying
Giving up vertically
Hand to hand3Take off place
Longer distance5Flying 1 km radius
xGiving up no control
Training 2Easy to use
Money Thermo cam4Image information
xGiving up no time
Specified plan2Immediate deployment
COMPARISON & CONCLUSIONS
HOW THE PROCESS
Choseingthe bestsolution.
3- STEP PROGRAM FIRST STEP
• Aim: to create a UAV which is as cheap as possible, with limited capabilities, but in a useable form, so that fire fighters have a chance to use UAV without any fear of crashing or losing it.
• Plane/equipment: the material of UAV is not easy to broken (wing from latex or plastic) but easy to replace. The UAV carries a cheap camera, visible only. Ground control only. Flight capacity: 15 minutes flight time, within a circle of, 1 km radius and 500 m altitude.
• Advantage: no fear from using UAV. Fire fighters get lots of experience in a real fire situation (fire) and within a short time.
• Disadvantage: limited capabilities, providing moderate quality information. Ground control only. At least 2 users.
• Time: I plan to fly it in the second part of March or the first part of April 2006. (Because of the dry grass this period is the first fire season of Hungary.)
• Costs: 1 – 2.000 Euros/UAV, Szendro Fire Department to finance it.
3- STEP PROGRAM SECOND STEP
• Aim: to create a UAV with autonomous flying ability specialized for supporting fighting against forest fire.
• Plane/equipment: Carried by jeep, measuring 40x40x150 cm. Have to stick or turn the wings to carry it easily (40x40x150 cm). Able to turn, good quality visible/thermal camera with zoom. Autonomous flights, limited ground control. Able to start within 2 minutes. Flight capacity: 30 minutes flight time, within a circle of 3 - 5 km radius and 800 – 1000 m altitude.
• Advantage: full intervention support. Providing high quality information. User friendly.
• Disadvantage: first UAV is expensive.
• Time: it depends on money and developer but I hope it will fly before the end of 2006.
• Costs: 10 – 20.000 Euros, we apply for money from R&D Found.
3- STEP PROGRAM THIRD STEP
• Aim: to create a mobile and integrated UAV base. It can be used in any type of intervention (not only forest fire).
• Plane/equipment: about 5 – 7 planes. 2 Zeppelins (1 little and 1 bigger one), (1 Helicopter?), 1 little UAV (as the 1. step), 1 moderate UAV (as the 2. step) and 1 high capacity UAV (have to develop it). Compact system to be carried it in a little truck.
• Advantage: ability to support any intervention from little accidents to disaster management, not only fighting against forest fire (e.g. at chemical accidents attached a special sensors, floods, Before - Fire Patrol, After - Fire Damage Estimation).
• Disadvantage: expensive. Several hours needed to start the planes. Use it only at long time intervention. Extensive background support needed.
• Time: development 2006 – 2008.
• Costs: 100 – 200.000 Euros. Need to apply for R&D Found to get money next year. We applied for money earlier but it was not successfully.
FUTURE
Thank You !