A sad progression
The 2025 season of forest fires is already sadly exceptional. According to official data, nearly 35,600 hectares have already been destroyed by fires in mainland France since the beginning of the year, including 16,000 hectares in Aude. That's about 3.5 times the average for the last eighteen years, placing 2025 among the worst seasons for our forests. These fires are ravaging entire ecosystems, threatening local biodiversity and seriously degrade air quality, harming the health of local populations.
In a context where every minute counts, detecting a Start of fire before it gets carried away can make all the difference. An alert issued a few minutes early can save lives, reduce the extent of disaster areas, and limit financial and environmental costs. It is a real lever for resilience to protect populations, preserve biodiversity and prevent entire areas from disappearing in the ashes.
Detection that changes everything
In the fight against forest fires, every minute saved can save acres and entire ecosystems. It is precisely on this point that the technology developed by FireTracking provides a concrete and operational response.
At the heart of the system, 360° high-definition cameras, installed on high points (water towers, pylons, antennas), ensure continuous surveillance. Linked to a artificial intelligence Embedded, it analyzes video streams in real time in order to identify the first signs of a fire.
As soon as a suspicious signal is detected, an alert is automatically transmitted via our platform to the operator in charge of surveillance. The latter can then remotely take control of the camera and thus carry out an initial visual doubt removal, which is essential before triggering an intervention. Beyond detection, our interface also makes it possible to anticipate the potential evolution of fire, thanks to the crossing of data in real time. This feature gives emergency services a strategic head start, allowing them to assess the risk of spread, mobilize the right resources and thus limit the human, material and environmental consequences. By combining continuous monitoring, intelligent analysis and real-time alerting, FireTracking is part of this logic of ultra-early detection in order to save time, limit damage, and protect forests and populations.
An imperative for the future
Ultra-early detection of forest fires is not only a breakthrough technological, it is an essential condition for meet the climate and environmental challenges of tomorrow. It makes it possible to protect populations directly exposed, to preserve ecosystems that are already fragile, to reduce the carbon footprint left by mega-fires and to contain the economic and social costs of these fires.
