Following the announcement of a $1.44 million grant from the Australian and Tasmanian governments, Sustainable Timber Tasmania is leading a project for the creation and implementation of a state-wide Tasmanian Integrated Fire Network (TIFCN), in partnership with Tasmania Fire Service and the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, with Indicium Dynamics as delivery partner.
This project, already in its early stages, is expected to be fully rolled out by the start of the 2026 fire season.
Statewide 24/7 AI fire detection
TIFCN will form a broad-scale AI-enabled fire detection network providing real-time monitoring and early bushfire detection—projected to become Australia’s largest integrated bushfire detection camera network. The network will enhance cross-agency coordination through a shared real-time centralised fire management portal.
New 24/7 AI fire detection cameras will be installed across high-risk areas statewide, almost doubling the combined network to more than 30 cameras across the three agencies and integrating all feeds into a single, coordinated portal.
Sustainable Timber Tasmania and Indicium Dynamics, an emerging Tasmanian technology company, have spent more than four years investing in advanced fire-management technologies, including the first stage of the camera network.
Fire Season 2025-2026
During the outbreak of bushfires on the East Coast, the existing AI enabled fire camera located at the South Sister fire tower, provided early detection, enabling rapid response and containment.
While crews were responding two other incidents near Stieglitz, the AI fire cameras detected a third ignition. That fire was extinguished within two hours, preventing was could have been a multi-day fire campaign.
This demonstrated early detection, rapid response and community protection — reinforcing the practical value of the technology.
Season Wrap Up
This past fire season, the existing 11 AI enabled fire cameras detected:
- XXX fires
- XXX escalated to fire agencies
- XXX attended by fire crews
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