TRID Systems helps fight forest fires more effectively

In 2022, 309 million hectares of forest were destroyed by fires. The TRID Systems team, founded this year by Niclas Trelle (Diplom Wirtschaftsinformatik), Robert Rathmann (Diplom Informatik) and Marius Matzke (Bachelor Informatik), wants to use autonomous forest fire monitoring to help fight forest fires more effectively and find pockets of embers more quickly. Their autonomous drone swarms provide a detailed overview of the fire situation in real time. With the help of thermal imaging cameras, they detect even the smallest temperature differences and thus identify pockets of embers that are invisible to the human eye. The collected data enables rapid decision-making for firefighting teams, minimizes risks, and ultimately reduces the spread radius and costs of forest firefighting through shortened response times.

Niclas Trelle: "Our idea came from a combination of academic stimulation and personal involvement. On the one hand, our interest in software concepts was sparked by Prof. Aßmann's module "Software as a Business". On the other hand, the devastating fires in Saxon Switzerland in 2022, which touched us deeply, were a decisive trigger. When we were given the task of developing a drone concept, we decided to combine these two influences. That's how we came up with the idea of using drones as a solution approach to such wildfires."

The TRID Systems team is planning its spin-off and is working on continuous further development and optimization of the product. To this end, the collaboration with the fire department in particular is to be deepened. "Next year, we want to conduct large-scale tests in Greece and go to market in Germany with an early version of the product," says Niclas Trelle.

For their start-up idea, TRID Systems was nominated for the Saxon Founder Award 2023. Congratulations!

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