Camera requirements for Fire and Smoke Detection

Please follow these recommendations for proper fire and smoke detection:

1. Use color cameras. With black and white cameras, the detection quality can be noticeably worse.
2. The video resolution must be at least 640x360.

3. FPS: the response rate of the detection module depends on the number of frames per second, by default, it is 1 per every 10 seconds (in most cases, it is enough to detect a fire/smoke that lasts more than 1 minute).

4. The minimum area of fire/smoke in the frame depends on the neural network used. For a standard neural network (see Configuring Smoke and Fire Detection Tools), the area of fire/smoke should be at least 10% of the frame. 

   Note

   In some cases, when the fire is well contained, it may be sufficient for a detection tool that the width/height of the fire zone is 1-3% of the width/height of the frame.

5. Fire/smoke should be visually separated from the background.