case study Overview: Fire and Rescue authority in France The Service Départemental d’Incendie et Secours (SDIS), translated literally as the departmental service of fire and help, is the name given to the fire and rescue authority in France. The mission of the SDIS is not only to put out fires but also to detect and stop fires in their early stages of development – before they do costly damage. the challenge: develop a real-time video surveillance and monitoring system to detect forest fires in their early stages. The SDIS is chartered with protecting the Landes area of France which is located in the southwest corner of the country. SDIS’s most significant challenge has been the prevention and management of the region’s growing problem of devastating forest fires. These fires we

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