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HEATX

2021

Our Solution to :

Warning! Things are Heating Up

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Team members: Amit Thomas, Anusha Jain, Grace Mary Matson, Srishti Goel

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The Problem

Our challenge was to build a tool that uses Earth Observations, crowdsourced data, and models to provide warnings about potential impacts of forest fires along with mitigation measures.

  • In the United States alone, the number of heat waves per year has increased from 2 per annum in the 1960’s to almost 6 per annum in the 2010’s.
  • Length of the heat wave season has drastically increased from 20 days to around 70 days per annum within the same time period
  • The number of large fires between 1984 and 2015 has doubled in the western United States.

Sources: https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-heat-waves

https://www.c2es.org/content/wildfires-and-climate-change/

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Our Solution

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Be Aware

When disaster strikes, staying alert and updated is vital!

  • On the HeatX website, users can alert others about a forest-fire they observed, so others can stay on their toes

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  • And IF you find yourself in a critical situation, enter your location to find the nearest helpline numbers!

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Calculate the Risk

Prevention is ALWAYS better than cure

  • Using Machine-Learning and AI, we help you calculate your risk-factor based on current temperature and vegetation levels!

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Look up risks of nearby areas in the multiple interactive heat-maps!

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The Blog & Resources

How does our solution affect people?

The Blog!

  • To foster a community-based awareness of this threat, we also have a blog where our enthusiastic members can talk about their experiences!

Mitigation Resources

  • Learn about how you can help mitigate the threat of forest-fires with our thoroughly researched blog!

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The Future Scope

Given more time, we had the following features in mind

  • If you allow your location to be shared, we would like the website to be able to automate so you do not have to enter your location to use the website
  • Using ML-AI, to help you recognize first-degree, second-degree, third-degree burn images to give you immediate first-aid for the same.
  • A charity feature for people to donate and help places affected by forest-fires around the world.
  • Create user profiles so users can stay signed in and get notified about alerts and high-risk areas near them. This may also be pulled over to the blog.

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