AI forest fire monitoring and securing golden time...Strengthen prevention and response to forest disasters

In preparation for forest disasters such as forest fires and landslides, 24-hour forest fire monitoring using artificial intelligence and the introduction of additional advanced equipment will further strengthen prevention and response capabilities.

The Korea Forest Service said it plans to monitor and detect wildfires 24 hours a day with artificial intelligence (AI) this year (2025), and install an additional 100 transmission tower-based unmanned surveillance cameras to strengthen blind spot monitoring.

To prevent wildfires, it added that it plans to increase the amount of crushing by-products of farming by 21%, implement them intensively in the first quarter when wildfires occur frequently, and operate the spring forest fire warning period earlier than January 24.

In addition, one large helicopter and three overseas leased helicopters will be introduced to extinguish forest fires, and 20 additional forest fire extinguishing vehicles will be deployed.

In particular, in the event of a forest disaster, the head of the Forest Service will be able to issue an order to evacuate residents, which was previously only possible by local governments and fire chiefs, reducing the delivery process and enabling rapid evacuation.