Foreign experience of artificial intelligence technologies for firefighting in especially difficult conditions in fire departments in the USA, Canada and Japan

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the research relevance is due to the increasing frequency and intensity of natural and man-made disasters accompanied by large fires in forests, high-rise buildings and industrial facilities with increased danger. The study of foreign experience in the use of intelligent technologies in the field of fire extinguishing can be useful for improving the work of Russian firefighters. The research goal is to systematize the existing foreign experience in the use of AI technologies in the activities of fire departments of the USA, Canada and Japan for firefighting in especially difficult conditions, to identify the most promising areas and opportunities for their adaptation in domestic practice. The following tasks were solved: an analysis of scientific literature on the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the USA, Canada and Japan for firefighting; specific examples of real operations of fire departments using intelligent technologies in the USA, Canada and Japan were studied; the main advantages and disadvantages of the use of intelligent technologies in the fire protection of the USA, Canada and Japan are revealed. In the course of the study methods were used: historiographical analysis of scientific literature on the topic under study; comparative analysis of foreign experience; as well as methods of scientific generalization and systematization. Based on the results, the following conclusions were formulated: The American experience of using unmanned aerial vehicles with computer vision algorithms proves high situational awareness due to the rapid assessment of fire and the identification of thermal anomalies. In Canada, the effectiveness of artificial intelligence in modeling fires and predicting the spread of fire has been confirmed. The Japanese experience is mainly based on the application of autonomous firefighting robots to work in hazardous environments.

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M. E Shkitronov

Saint Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of EMERCOM of Russia

Email: shkitronov@mail.ru

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