The future of Bushfire Detection in WA – webinar
We urgently need an upgrade to our relationship with fire.
WA urgently needs an upgrade to bushfire management.
WA’s southwest has a more flammable landscape than ever before with longer fire seasons and larger, highly destructive bushfires.
New solutions to tackling this crisis have flourished with the explosion of AI powered technology enabling successful detection and suppression systems to be deployed around the world.
Hear from experts leading the field in rapid detection and suppression technology at this free webinar.
Panelists showcase some of the new technology now available to land managers to rapidly detect, evaluate and suppress bushfires before they become out of control.
A critical look at ultra early sensor detection systems, fire cameras, drones, new satellites and futuristic sonic cannons.
Presenters
Sohan Domingo
Sohan Domingo is the Vice President of Sales, Technology & Operations for Dryad Networks across Australia and New Zealand. Dryad are the driving adoption of next-generation wildfire detection and forest monitoring solutions. With a strong background in AI and IoT innovation, he is passionate about bringing cutting-edge technologies to protect ecosystems and communities. Their flagship solution, Silvanet, uses solar-powered gas sensors and a secure, large-scale LoRaWAN mesh network to detect bushfire at the smoldering stage—often within minutes. Complementing this, Dryad’s drone-based system, Silvaguard, provides autonomous aerial surveillance of fire-prone areas, offering real-time visual confirmation and situational awareness. Together, these technologies form a powerful, end-to-end solution to combat the growing threat of bushfire, enabling faster response times and reducing environmental and economic damage.
Stefan Peters
Stefan Peters is a Senior Lecturer in Geospatial Science at the University of South Australia, conducting research at the interface of geospatial and environmental science. The Kanyini project is a test platform for advanced Earth observation research and development, funded by the South Australian government and local industry partners. As part of a SmartSat-CRC demonstrator project, our research focuses on showcasing AI-driven fire smoke detection performed onboard the Kanyini CubeSat, which carries a hyperspectral imager.
Rob Vernon
Rob Vernon is the CEO of Indicium Dynamics & Fire Foresight, companies that focus on developing unique intellectual property to further the goals of sustainably protecting people, place and planet. Fire Foresight is a company that employs AI-driven fire cameras to enhance early detection and response capabilities across various landscapes. This technology enables rapid identification of smoke and delivers real-time alerts for effective emergency management.
Jason Fowler
Jason Fowler is an ecologist and Ssenior Ccampaigner at the WA Forest Alliance. WA’s southwest forests have been subjected to widespread prescribed burning for over 60 years as the primary fire mitigation tool. Conditions have changed over that time and prescribed burning is no longer as effective and is increasingly destructive for our unique flora and fauna. There is an urgent need to update the way we manage fire in WA’s forests including building a far more effective detection and suppression capability as is currently being rolled out in the eastern states. New technology can provide land managers with much greater situational awareness, enhancing firefighting efforts across all levels, including state government, shire councils, volunteer bushfire brigades and primary producers.
Learn more about early detection and suppression of bushfires in WA’s forests
The WA Government can greatly improve bushfire detection and suppression capacity in WA’s forests with better funding and a greater focus on proven technologies and methods. Alongside First Nations-led cultural burning and small, cool and strategic prescribed burning these methods can protect lives, infrastructure and biodiversity from bushfires.
Call on the WA Government to fund early detection and rapid suppression fire management systems.