香港消防处将推出三项全新的人工智能辅助无人机技术，以加强火灾探测能力，并应对周日重阳节前夕扫墓活动带来的风险上升。
Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department will launch three new AI-assisted drone technologies to strengthen fire detection and its response to heightened risks during tomb-sweeping activities ahead of the Chung Yeung Festival on Sunday.
信息通信技术处代理处长黄德辉周五表示，这些技术将提升火灾探测的速度和准确性，帮助消防处更高效地运作。
Wong Tak-fai, acting divisional officer for information and communications technology, said on Friday that the technology would improve the speed and accuracy of fire detection to help the department operate more efficiently.
黄德辉说：“人工智能（AI）不仅能加快无人机影像的处理速度，更重要的是，它能协助我们的工作人员持续分析来自不同地点、多架无人机的大量影像，从而识别出需要优先关注的情况。”
“Artificial intelligence [AI] not only speeds up the processing of drone images but, more importantly, helps our staff continuously analyse large amounts of images from different drones across various locations to identify situations needing priority attention,” Wong said.
随着重阳节临近，消防处将增派人手，加强对高风险地点的火灾监控，并与民防服务处及其他各区组织一起，加大各区巡逻和公众教育力度。
With the Chung Yeung Festival approaching, the department will strengthen manpower to monitor high-risk locations for fires and step up district patrols and public education efforts with the Civil Aid Service and other district organisations.
消防处还将在周六于新界北12个地点、九龙10个地点以及新界南另外6个地点部署159名消防员。周日还将增派166名消防员。香港在2025年共录得693起山火。
The department will also deploy 159 firefighters on Saturday across 12 locations in New Territories North, 10 spots in Kowloon and another six locations in New Territories South. On Sunday, an additional 166 firefighters will be deployed. Hong Kong recorded 693 hillfires in 2025.
消防处还将启用一套新购入的遥控空中监视系统。该系统由内地制造商吉利（Geely）生产的越野车改装而成，并加装了两个无人机停靠系统和一台发电机。
The department will also mobilise a newly bought remotely operated aerial surveillance system consisting of an off-road vehicle from mainland Chinese manufacturer Geely retrofitted with two drone docking systems and a generator.
这套价值120万港元的系统将让消防员能够勘察难以进入的火灾高危区域。其搭载的无人机可在3公里半径范围内进行自动巡逻，并支持远程操控。
The HK$1.2 million system will allow officers to survey hard-to-reach fire hazard areas. Its drones can conduct automated patrols within a 3km radius and be controlled remotely.
此外，还将使用一个实时人工智能视频分析平台，以加快对无人机拍摄视频和影像的分析，及时发出火灾或溺水风险警报。
A real-time artificial intelligence video analysis platform will also be used to speed up the analysis of drone footage and images to generate timely alerts for fire hazards or drownings.
该系统利用人工智能准确识别烟雾迹象和可能溺水的人员，减少工作人员查看无人机监控录像的需要。
The system uses AI to accurately identify signs of smoke and people who may be drowning, reducing the need for staff to review drone surveillance footage.
黄说：“新平台将能够在无人机飞行期间实时接收录像，然后同时进行人工智能分析。”
“The new platform will be able to receive the footage in real time during a drone flight and then simultaneously run an artificial intelligence analysis,” Wong said.
目前，录像分析是在飞行结束后进行，工作人员需手动将文件从无人机的SD卡传输到电脑上。
Currently, footage analysis takes place after a flight ends, with officers manually transferring the files from an SD card in the drone to a computer.
该部门还将配备两架搭载水箱系统的高载荷无人机，用于应对偏远山火。每架无人机造价50万港元，包括电池。
The department will also have two high-payload drones equipped with water-bomb systems ready for deployment against remote hill fires. Each drone costs HK$500,000, including batteries.
这些无人机可承载重达150公斤的重量，并配备80升水箱，能够在需要的地方投放水弹。
These drones can carry weights up to 150kg and are equipped with an 80-litre water tank, allowing them to release water bombs where needed.
黄说，在部门测试中，消防员携带救援设备上山5公里需要一小时，而大型无人机只需10分钟。
Wong said that in departmental tests, while it took firefighters one hour to carry rescue equipment 5km uphill, the large drone could do it in 10 minutes.
黄说：“消防处正在探索在前线行动中使用大型无人机，希望从监视和观察转向运送消防设备。”
“The Fire Services Department is exploring the use of large drones in frontline operations, hoping to move from surveillance and observation to delivering firefighting equipment,” Wong said.
然而，这位署理分区指挥官表示，人工智能绝不会取代消防员，并强调所有行动决策仍将由人类做出。
However, the acting divisional officer said artificial intelligence would in no way replace firefighters, as he stressed that all operational decisions would still be made by humans.