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Predict · Prevent · Protect

Stop Wildfires
Before They Start

A Disaster Resilience Breakthrough

SkyScoutAi's AI engine predicts catastrophic wildfire risk months before the first spark. Not days. Months. That means prevention, not evacuation.

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By the time we see a wildfire coming, it's often already too late. Lives lost. Communities destroyed. Billions in damage. Forests burned to the ground. Years of stored carbon released in hours.

SkyScoutAi changes that. SkyScoutAi's AI engine fuses high-resolution drone imagery with multi-source environmental data to predict catastrophic wildfire risk months before the first spark.

SkyScoutAi gives fire managers and first responders a simple, intuitive dashboard to identify fuel loads, map ignition risk, and act with precision before a fire becomes a disaster.

The global risk from wildfire is enormous and accelerating. Climate change is making every fire season worse. Wildfires cost governments and insurers billions each year. Until now, the technology to predict catastrophic wildfire risk months before ignition has not existed.

SkyScoutAi is the early-warning shield that communities, utilities, insurers, and governments have been waiting for. We don't just respond to wildfire. We prevent it.

$100B+

Annual wildfire losses in North America total hundreds of billions of dollars, much of it tied to fires whose risk could be identified months in advance — creating the opportunity to mitigate danger before ignition.

60%

Global forest-fire CO2 emissions are 60% higher than in 2001, underscoring the growing climate cost of delayed action.

3 cm

SkyScoutAi delivers 3-centimetre-resolution wildfire intelligence worldwide, enabling precise, affordable risk reduction before ignition.

Wildfire aftermath — devastation to communities

Protecting What Matters Most

Weather and lightning can't be controlled. But we can build disaster resilience through earlier risk identification, predictive insight, and action that helps prevent wildfire before it starts.

SkyScoutAi turns complex forest and climate data into precise, place-specific intelligence — helping protect people, communities, infrastructure, and the ecosystems we depend on.

British Columbia mountain forest landscape

End-to-End Wildfire Intelligence

From prediction to detection to coordinated response — an integrated platform built for the realities of wildfire management

Predict

AI Risk Modeling

Multi-factor AI analyzes fuel load via computer vision, weather data, terrain, and historical patterns to generate flammability maps and risk scores — before any fire starts

Prevent

Dynamic Monitoring

Developing autonomous drone surveillance capabilities using DJI Dock stations — enabling AI-powered anomaly detection with real-time thermal and video feeds

Protect

Coordinated Response

Working with our technology partners on rapid-response suppression capabilities — drone-based verification and precision fire retardant delivery to contain threats early

From Data to Action

Our integrated platform delivers actionable intelligence at every stage of wildfire management

Collect

UAV imagery, weather data, IoT sensors, and historical fire patterns aggregated in real-time

Analyze

AI models process multi-source data to identify risk patterns and predict ignition probability

Alert

Real-time risk alerts, flammability maps, and resource recommendations delivered to your team

Respond

Actionable intelligence enables coordinated ground response and strategic resource deployment

Technology for the World

Built in a continent shaped by forests, SkyScout brings together environmental stewardship and world-class technical expertise. Our mission is to help protect forests, communities, and critical infrastructure — not just in North America, but in wildfire-prone regions around the world.

SkyScoutAi delivers the predictive intelligence needed to help prevent devastating wildfires before they begin.

SkyScoutAi is market-ready

Intelligence at Scale

Research-backed AI developed with British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), powered by Mitacs-funded applied research and integrated proprietary Intellectual Property (IP).

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Predictive AI Models

Computer vision analysis of UAV imagery combined with weather, terrain, and historical data for pre-ignition risk scoring

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Multi-Source Data Fusion

Real-time integration of satellite feeds, ground sensors, and aerial telemetry into a unified intelligence layer

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Command Dashboard

A user-ready, intuitive dashboard that puts wildfire intelligence in front of the people who need it most — leaders in government, emergency managers, first responders, infrastructure operators, insurers, and property owners — so everyone sees the same risk picture and can act early, together, with no AI expertise required

Built for Who Needs It Most

Tailored wildfire intelligence for communities and organizations on the front lines

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Municipalities & Local Governments

Proactive protection with strategic resource positioning, clearer evacuation planning, and plain-language risk reports for councils and staff

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First Nations & Indigenous Governments

Community-controlled monitoring that protects traditional territories and cultural sites with full data sovereignty and local decision power

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Federal, State & Provincial Agencies

Season-to-season wildfire intelligence for policy, funding, and large-scale response — across forests, communities, and critical corridors

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Emergency Management & Fire Services

Shared, real-time risk picture for emergency operations centers and first responders, from early warnings to on-the-ground decisions

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Utilities & Grid Operators

Transmission and distribution corridor monitoring with early risk detection near high-value spans, substations, and poles

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Industrial Critical Infrastructure

Wildfire and smoke risk insight for pipelines, energy infrastructure, railways, telecoms, highways, manufacturing and storage facilities, and other essential networks that cannot afford downtime

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Forestry, Agriculture, Mining & Resource Landowners

Landscape-scale fuel and risk visibility to protect working forests, conservation and agricultural lands, resource mines and associated infrastructure while managing long-term value

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Resort Communities & Tourism

Protect high-value destinations with predictive risk intelligence for guest safety, business continuity, and brand protection

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Insurance & Reinsurance

Data-driven wildfire risk assessment for underwriting, portfolio management, pricing, and proactive loss-prevention services

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Real Estate, Data Centers & Institutional Portfolios

Property-level wildfire risk insight for REITs, campuses, hospitals, warehouses, data centers and logistics networks to protect people and assets across regions

Pilot Projects

Working with the City of Vernon Fire Rescue Services, Predator Ridge Resort Community, Quail's Gate Winery, and Kansas Proving Grounds to validate our prediction technology in real-world conditions

Trusted Collaborators

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British Columbia Institute of Technology

Research Partner

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InDro Robotics

Drone & Robotics

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DJI Enterprise

Drone Technology

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Spexi Geospatial

Mapping & Imagery

Leadership Team

SkyScoutAi brings together a diverse team of experts in wildland fire management, drone technology, robotics, artificial intelligence, corporate development, insurance, and extensive start-up experience to help prevent catastrophic wildfires

Executive

Michal Aibin, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer

Michal built and continues to evolve SkyScoutAi's core technology. His expertise in AI, computer vision, and their optimization is core to SkyScoutAi's ability to reliably predict where wildfires will happen next. He earned his Ph.D. from Wroclaw University of Technology, developed patented algorithms, and is Program Head for MSc in Applied Computing at BCIT. Since 2017 he has directed student teams focused on drones and AI for wildfire prevention, collaborating with over 100 industry partners, and raised over $1 million in funding across multiple industry partnerships.

Brian Roth, P.Eng, CPA

Chief Operating Officer

Brian brings 20 years of experience in the energy and building science sectors, with progressively senior leadership roles. He is experienced in product development and commercialization, with C-suite service on multiple management teams that have grown companies from conceptual start-up to commercial success and scale. He holds an MBA from UBC Sauder and a BSc from the University of Waterloo, and is committed to deploying technologies that protect the environment while remaining economically feasible.

Ken Nowlan

Chief Administrative Officer

Ken is an entrepreneurial, seasoned management professional with extensive experience in business operations, transformational business leadership, information systems leadership, management consulting, strategic and tactical planning, IT governance, and systems development. Founded and led several companies in management consulting and advertising technology. Held three GM/CEO roles, COO roles, and five CIO-level positions. Skilled contract negotiator with agreements totalling over $2.2 billion.

Paula Freeman

Director of Administration

Paula brings 25+ years of experience in business operations, leadership, governance, and strategic planning across manufacturing, construction, property management, technology, and agriculture. She has founded and led multiple ventures, run a multi-entity family office, and served on the board of a community not-for-profit for many years, including two terms as President. A lifelong British Columbian raised in the Cariboo, Paula has witnessed the devastation of wildfire firsthand.

Board of Directors

Mark Godsy, LL.B.

Executive Chairman

Mark is a serial entrepreneur with 30+ years' experience in building successful companies. Chairman of Code Zero and CEO of Shackelford Pharma, he co-founded Mojio, ID Biomedical, and Angiotech Pharmaceutical.

Philip Reece

Director

Philip is a serial entrepreneur who founded InDro Robotics, Canada's leading drone and robotics R&D company, and he is a Member of the CanaDAC-TC Drone Advisory Committee.

Hugh Notman

Director

Hugh is a partner of Fort Capital Partners. He holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and serves on multiple corporate boards and investment committees.

Frank Borowicz, K.C.

Director

Frank is a Governor and former Chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade, and has over 40 years' experience in corporate governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, and international trade as legal counsel and independent corporate director.

Advisory Board

Hon. Laura Ross

Advisor

Laura has seventeen years' experience inside the Saskatchewan government — four terms as MLA, and two stints on the Executive Council. She ran Ministries managing crown land, parks, public infrastructure, and natural resources, and she knows well how emergency decisions get made across jurisdictions and how new technology gets adopted.

Hon. Murray Rankin, K.C.

Advisor

Murray has held some of the most strategic roles in both the federal and British Columbia governments, alongside a distinguished legal career. He is the former B.C. Minister of Indigenous Relations, served as Member of Parliament, and was the first Chair of Canada's National Security and Intelligence Review Agency.

Peter Kelly

Advisor

Peter has over 45 years of expert leadership in all aspects of the insurance sector, and has designed and implemented many reciprocal and self-insurance programs across Canada and internationally.

Miro Cernetig

Advisor

Miro is the founder and CEO of CityAge, a network of 25,000 leaders in business, government, and academia. A brand strategist and storyteller, he helps private and public companies raise capital and put their ideas in motion. An award-winning journalist, he ran bureaus for The Globe and Mail in Beijing, New York, British Columbia, Alberta, and the Arctic, and has reported from more than two dozen countries.

Imagine a World Where We Stop Wildfires Before They Start

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SkyScoutAi CTO Michal Aibin on Global TV

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SkyScoutAi on the front page of the Vancouver Sun

Vancouver Sun front page, Saturday August 1, 2026, headlined Some Help From Above, with a photograph of Michal Aibin in Stanley Park

Vancouver Sun August 1, 2026

Tracking Trees

A three page feature on Park Scout, the site that lets Vancouver residents explore every dead tree in Stanley Park.

Reporter Lori Culbert followed SkyScoutAi and BCIT's disaster resilience research hub through the park, where more than 7,000 drone photographs were turned into three online maps: daily wildfire risk, points of interest, and all 283 sections of the park with statistics on dead vegetation, debris piles, moisture and terrain.

Front page A1 PDF Feature A10 PDF Wildfire risk A11 PDF

Print edition of Saturday, August 1, 2026. Photographs by Nick Procaylo. Published by the Vancouver Sun, Postmedia Network Inc. Also available in the Vancouver Sun ePaper.

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