Critical Software supports Fire Prevention in Senegal

Critical Software supports Fire Prevention in Senegal

Fires are a major cause of loss of life and impact important environmental resources, thus there is a need to better manage this hazard through a more efficient use of geo-spatial observations. Bearing this in mind, the ESA Centre for Earth Observation (known as ESRIN) has been working on the development and implementation of a prototype to be used in Africa to help better predict, monitor, mitigate, and respond to fires.

Critical Software is participating in the pilot project - Multisource Data Integration service for Fire Risk Management. The model relies on Envisat and Meteosat data and both ESA and EUMETSAT data dissemination systems to deliver the data directly to user premises. Critical's support has been crucial to the project which will be deployed in the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) in Senegal.