Real data · Copernicus
Wildfire
Villanueva de Viver, Castellón
March 2023 · Sentinel-2
- Aegis
- 4,576 ha
- EFFIS
- 4,604 ha
- IoU
- 0.90
Detects 94.5% of the official burned area.
Wildfires and floods · Copernicus · Galileo
The satellite alert that launches the drone.
Aegis watches the land from space, launches the nearest drone to confirm every alert and sends the exact position and video to the emergency centre. Then, the damage map. It works with the drones that already exist.
Real data · Copernicus
- IoU against EFFIS · Villanueva de Viver
- 0.90
- IoU against EFFIS · Tenerife, same method
- 0.80
- of detections confirmed as water by Copernicus EMS · Valencia floods
- 98.7%
01 / 06The problem
Today, a wildfire is confirmed when someone sees it and calls.
Satellites already detect hotspots, but they point to an area one to three kilometres wide and are often wrong. Drones already exist, but they take off when someone calls. And the damage map arrives days or weeks later.
The pieces exist. What is missing is connecting them.
- 01
Detect
The satellite points to an area, not the fire, and raises false alarms.
- 02
Confirm
A drone turns that area into a coordinate and a video, if someone launches it.
- 03
Measure
Damage is measured with a map comparable to the official references.
02 / 06How it works
Three modules, one system.
- 01
Aegis Alert
Meteosat · NASA FIRMS · Galileo
Checks the satellites every few minutes, filters out false alarms and launches the nearest drone, from the fire service or an authorised operator. Sends the exact position and thermal video to the emergency centre.
Concept — in development - 02
Aegis Prevention
Copernicus · Sentinel-2
Risk maps and firebreak status maps, and where drone stations should go. Tested in Morella against the regional government’s mapping.
Tested with real data - 03
Aegis Damage
Copernicus · Sentinel-1 and 2
Wildfire or flood damage map within days, comparable to the official European references.
Validated · TRL 3
We build neither drones nor satellites.
Aegis is the software that connects the satellites that already exist with the drones that already exist: the fire service’s own or any authorised operator’s.
03 / 06Results
Validated with real data.
The same method on three events, compared with the official European references. Agreement is measured as IoU (intersection over union): 1 would be a perfect overlap.
Real data · Copernicus
Wildfire · same method
Tenerife, Canary Islands
August 2023 · Sentinel-2
- Aegis
- 11,161 ha
- EFFIS
- 11,923 ha
- IoU
- 0.80
No thresholds tuned for the island. Detects 86.0% of the official area.
Real data · Copernicus
Flood
Valencia DANA · l'Horta Sud
October 2024 · Sentinel-1 radar
- Aegis
- 2,000 ha
- Copernicus EMS
- 3,110 ha
- IoU
- 0.63
98.7% of what Aegis flags as water is water. Radar underestimates water in built-up areas; combining radar and optical data is on the roadmap.
Reference areas: as published by EFFIS and Copernicus EMS; IoU is computed on the polygons, in EPSG:25830 (Tenerife: EPSG:4083). References: EFFIS (JRC, European Commission), perimeters 214574 and 218653; Copernicus EMS, activation EMSR773. Images: screenshots of the Aegis viewer. Full, reproducible methodology available on request.
04 / 06Stations
Concept — in development
Stations where they are needed.
Where no drone is nearby, automated stations run by an already authorised operator and placed according to Aegis risk maps.
Fixed station
NEST
Automated dock with one drone
For permanently exposed areas. The drone takes off when an Aegis alert arrives, returns, recharges and waits for the next one. In the demo simulation, each station covers a 8 km radius.
- 1Drone with thermal camera
- 2Automated hatches
- 3Galileo receiver
- 4Communications antenna
- 5Weather station: decides whether it is safe to fly
Concept drawing. Not a manufactured product.
Mobile station
MOBILE NEST
Container with several drones
Solar power and its own communications. Trucked to wherever the risk maps point each season, or sent as back-up during a large fire.
- 1Several drones taking off in turns
- 2Roof hatches
- 3Solar panels
- 4Communications mast
- 5Standard 20-foot container, carried by truck
Concept drawing. Not a manufactured product.
Model
Their pilots, our data.
If the emergency service already has drones and pilots, Aegis triggers them with its alerts and turns what they see into maps. Where there are none, stations are run by an operator already authorised by AESA, the Spanish aviation authority. We neither buy drones nor apply for flight permits: we provide the data and the software.
05 / 06Roadmap
From municipality to region.
- Phase 1Now
Maps for municipalities
Aegis Prevention and Aegis Damage for municipalities and consultancies: the part already validated with real data.
- Phase 2Next
First area with alert and drone
Aegis Alert pilot with a provincial council or a fire service: the satellite alert launches a real drone.
- Phase 3Then
Alerts across a whole region
Aegis Alert for regional governments, emergency centres and insurers.
06 / 06Contact
Let's talk.
Do you manage land exposed to wildfires or floods: a municipality, a provincial council, an emergency service or an insurer? We will walk you through the demo with real data.