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AI-Powered Brush Fire Detection for NYC Parks

Accountable
Fire Department (FDNY)
Functional Modes
Sensing (Perceptive AI)
Human decides
Purpose
Fire & Emergency
Input Dataset
About a place Anonymized data
Algorithm or Model
Computer Vision
Output Dataset
A recommendation or prediction Anonymized data

This system uses solar-powered cameras mounted in New York City parks and City-owned properties to automatically detect signs of smoke or fire using artificial intelligence. When smoke or fire is detected, the system sends an alert with images to the FDNY Bureau of Fire Investigations and the Fire Department Operations Center, where human operators decide whether an emergency response is needed. No personal information about individuals is collected or used by this system.

Sources for this disclosure

This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.

Schema: ai@2026-05-06-beta