Contribute to a solution that helps our heroes

As climate change boosts the frequency of wildfires, meet Pyrrha — an open source project to keep firefighters safe in the midst of a blaze

In 2019, a five-person team consisting of a firefighter, nurse, and 3 IT services professionals set out to build a solution that monitors and acts on firefighter health and safety in real-time and over the long-term. The tech solution includes an IoT device that monitors temperature, smoke, and the harmful gases that firefighters are exposed to, and uses AI to help incident commanders make real-time decisions. The team, known as Prometeo submitted their solution to the 2019 Call for Code Global Challenge and received the grand prize — $200,000 USD and deployment support from IBM and the Linux Foundation.

Today, the Linux Foundation announced it will host open source elements of this solution under the Pyrrha project — allowing developers and problem solvers from around the world to contribute. You can read more about the announcement here.

The team behind the Pyrrha project encourages the open source community to contribute their code to the project, whether that’s related to hardware, the decision making process, the website, the mobile app or deployment configurations. You can improve the core codebase or adapt it for different use cases around the globe. It’s critical that we help our heroes as they fight the onslaught of wildfires that continue to rise in frequency due to climate change.

If you are looking to contribute your code to a mission that matters, learn more about the story behind Prometeo and find out how you can participate in the evolution of the Pyrrha project here.

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