en.Wedoany.com Reported - MTS has deployed an intelligent video surveillance system in the Irkutsk Region to monitor forest areas and rapidly extinguish fires. The system includes over 100 cameras with built-in analytical capabilities to detect smoke and flames, serving the Irkutsk Aviation and Ground Forest Protection Base.
The smart cameras are installed on MTS antenna towers across more than 20 districts of the region, covering high-risk fire zones in the Angara River area, including Nizhneudinsk, Taishet, Chunsky, Bratsk, Nizhneilimsk, and Ust-Ilimsk. Cameras have also been deployed for the first time in remote and northern areas such as Bodaibo, Kirensk, and Kazachinsko-Lensky. Signals are transmitted via MTS's fixed wireless communication channels.
Each camera offers a 360-degree view and 1920x1080 resolution, installed at heights ranging from 40 to 100 meters, depending on regional fire safety and terrain conditions. The system can identify smoke and flames at distances of up to 95 kilometers. Artificial intelligence captures camera images and transmits the fire's time and coordinates to forest district dispatchers, simultaneously displaying them on a nine-screen video wall at the Regional Dispatch Service Center of the Irkutsk Region Forestry Complex. After analyzing the information, if a fire is confirmed, firefighting personnel are dispatched to the scene.
Konstantin Zimin, Director of MTS in the Irkutsk Region, stated that the video surveillance system helps forest firefighting teams respond quickly to early-stage fires. In addition to installing cameras and software, the company provides telecommunications channels, creating conditions for the implementation of digital projects.
Alexander Korolikov, Director of the Irkutsk Aviation and Ground Forest Protection Base, explained that the camera deployment is based on forest fire hazard indicators, enabling monitoring of large forest resources, including hard-to-reach northern areas. Video surveillance has proven to be an effective method, recording over 90 fire incidents in the Angara River area this year, allowing fires to be extinguished promptly. Plans are in place to expand the system's coverage.
Similar systems are also in use in other regions of Russia. Smart cameras in the Primorsky Territory have helped prevent high-frequency fires in areas such as Khanka and Khasan. On the Kamchatka Peninsula, cameras are installed in the most valuable coniferous forest zones. In the Yamal Region, an early detection system integrated with domestic software packages helped identify a fire outbreak on the outskirts of Noyabrsk during its first season.
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