Ridgecall
Before the
first call.
A wisp of smoke. A tower that sees it.
Minutes that still belong to you.
Ridgecall watches the ridges around your community, finds the first smoke, and puts a verified view in the hands of the people who respond.
Follow one ember through this valley ↓At the ignition point
Small is
the moment.
Ridgecall watches the ridges around your community, finds the first smoke, and gives responders a verified view. A few minutes of warning can change the first decision.
The first plume can be smaller than the trees around it. Our cameras watch continuously, while the detection model looks for smoke that persists and moves like smoke.
Turn the wind on the bench. The plume bends, the fire's leading edge follows, and a different part of the neighborhood comes into its path. Place the ember farther behind a ridge and the tower needs more time to see it.
This exercise couples a terrain sightline, a growing plume, and a wind-driven fire shape. It is an illustrative model, not a wildfire spread forecast.
North lookout / camera 01
See it.
Check it.
Share the view.
A possible ignition reaches a trained reviewer with the image sequence, location estimate, and nearby views. A verified alert gives operators and fire agencies one incident to follow.
Dust, fog, exhaust, and low cloud can resemble smoke. We keep uncertain detections unconfirmed. Human review happens before a notification goes to your response contacts.
- IncludedMonitoring, camera health, and human verification.
- HandoffShared maps, time-stamped images, and incident history.
A person makes the call.
Across the ridge / 48 homes
Behind every
dot, a front door.
Coverage is designed around what matters here: the neighborhood, the substation, the access road, and the land between them. Utilities, fire districts, counties, and large landowners can share the same verified picture.
Turn the wind away from the homes. The highlighted footprints change because the future fire shape changes. The warning is useful only when it helps someone understand where to look next.
We show potential exposure, not a prediction that a home will burn. Actual fire behavior depends on fuel, terrain, moisture, weather changes, and suppression.
One road in. Many reasons to be early.
The access road / decision time
Warning is time
to think clearly.
In this exercise, the window runs from first detection to fire reaching the nearest home. Earlier information gives teams more time to assess access, position resources, and communicate.
Ridgecall does not issue evacuation orders or calculate safe departure times. Local authorities set zones and instructions. Blocked sightlines, failed connections, and fast-moving fire can erase the apparent margin.
Alder Ridge pilot exercise: camera detection at 3 minutes, a sample public report at 14 minutes. This sequence demonstrates the workflow; it is not a guaranteed detection time.
The lookout bench / your network
Cover the ridges.
Price the towers.
Every plan starts with a viewshed survey. Identify blind spots, power, connectivity, and response contacts before placing a camera. A tower on a map is not a clear view.
Cameras, monitoring, human verification, software, and maintenance included. Annual agreement. Leases, civil works, new power, and unusual backhaul quoted separately. Fire agency access included.
Plan the survey before the purchase ↓Back at the lookout
Which ridge
is yours?
Bring the area you want to watch, your existing towers, and the people who would act on an alert. We start with sightlines and responsibilities, then scope a 60-day evaluation with clear success criteria.
During the evaluation, compare verified detections with public reports, review false positives, and measure camera availability. Decide what earns a permanent place in your response plan.
The head start changes everything.