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Cowlitz County approves sole-source procurement of AI camera system to speed landfill fire detection
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved a sole-source procurement to buy a Pano AI camera system to detect early-stage fires near the county landfill and speed emergency response; the system would be monitored by AI with human review and is expected to cost about $40,000 a year.
Cowlitz County commissioners approved a sole-source procurement for a Pano AI “panel rapid detect” camera system intended to detect early-stage fires near the county landfill and speed emergency responses.
Commissioner Sean Rowe introduced the item as a Public Works request to “detect wildfires at the early stages,” saying the system would enhance response times, protect public safety and natural resources and monitor a wide area around the camera tower. Savannah Clement, a Public Works staff member, told commissioners the county’s landfill experiences regular small fires on the active working face and has had larger fires outside operating hours in recent years.
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