Fire flame detection in video sequences using multi-stage pattern recognition techniques

In this paper, we propose an effective technique that is used to automatically detect fire in video images. The proposed algorithm is composed of four stages: (1) an adaptive Gaussian mixture model to detect moving regions, (2) a fuzzy c-means. (FCM) algorithm to segment the candidate fire regions from these moving regions based on the color of fire, (3) special parameters extracted based on the tempo-spatial characteristics of fire regions, and (4) a support vector machine (SVM) algorithm using these special parameters to distinguish between fire and non-fire. Experimental results indicate that the proposed method outperforms other fire detection algorithms, providing high reliability and a low false alarm rate. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.