AI system
- System
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Pano AI wildfire detection camera
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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Not assessed
- Application developer
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Pano AI - Role
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Not assessed
- Configuration
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Not assessed
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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A camera station with a 360-degree view covering a campsite near housing. Alerts routed to the local fire district with a lat/long. A fire district willing to respond to AI alerts despite earlier false alarms.
- Human oversight
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Not assessed
- Relation to AI
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The camera's AI smoke alert was the trigger for dispatch, according to the fire division quoted by CBS Colorado. The only source is a single local news report with named sources. The fire's date, cause of containment and any official report are not documented.
- AI contribution
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The camera's AI smoke alert was the trigger for dispatch, according to the fire division quoted by CBS Colorado. The only source is a single local news report with named sources. The fire's date, cause of containment and any official report are not documented.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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the early notice kept it to one-eighth of an acre
- Category
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Reduced Risk
- Status
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Not assessed
- Beneficiary groups
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Society. Organizations. People.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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the early notice kept it to one-eighth of an acre
- Comparison
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Assumed alternative: locating a reported wildfire without the camera's coordinates
- Results
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Assumed comparison. Reference: the process of finding, which often time with wildfires can take an hour. Result: get a location, an actual lat/long and drive straight through it.
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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Not assessed
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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Not assessed
- Amount
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Not assessed
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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Not assessed
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Developer:
Pano AI. Operator: 
Xcel Energy (camera funding); alerts received by Red White and Blue Fire. - Jurisdictions
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Benefit: Breckenridge,
United States. Developer: United States. Operator: United States. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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Camera coverage of the ignition. Crew availability to reach the location quickly. Fire conditions that allow a small crew to contain a sub-acre fire.
- Replication attempts
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1 follow-up entries. Benefit recurred: 1.
- Later findings
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5 May 2026. By May 2026 Xcel Energy had more than 130 Pano AI cameras across Colorado, up from 28 at the time of the Wellington fire.
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0162-source-0001–0003
- Citations
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Numbered references below.
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Independent
- Original evidence
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Not assessed
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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Society. Organizations. People.
- Depth
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Society: 2. Organizations: 2. People: Not assessed.
- Reasons
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Society: A fire next to a residential neighborhood was kept to one-eighth of an acre. Firefighters credit the camera's early notice, though the counterfactual is their judgment. Organizations: Red White and Blue Fire received an exact location and drove straight to the fire. Benedict said locating a wildfire can otherwise take an hour. People: No individual beneficiary is documented.
- Observed or intended
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Not assessed
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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Independently reported
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Energy and infrastructure. Electric utility wildfire mitigation.
- Purpose
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Pano AI cameras scan for smoke and alert emergency crews with a location. Catching a fire near homes early was the intended use.
- Dates
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Date basis unassessed: 2024 (precision unassessed). Updated: 21 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: 29ac81165bbf…
References
- Other identifiers
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Not assessed
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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6 revisions. Latest: 21 October 2026.
Sources
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News report Independent author
Spencer Wilson, 'AI-powered, fire-spotting cameras dispatch firefighters to Colorado wildfire', CBS Colorado, 9 July 2024
this was the first instance where a wildfire was caught early, and kept to only one-eighth of an acre, firefighters said, thanks to the camera's early notice.
when we can get a location, an actual lat/long and drive straight through it instead of going through the process of finding
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News report Independent author
Breed, S. (2026). Xcel Energy deploys AI cameras to detect wildfires early in Colorado. KJCT8, 5 May 2026.