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Victim detection
Thermal segmentation picks a body out of the scene and tags it with a confidence score, so a responder knows what the system is sure about — and what it isn't.
Ignis XR — Now Introducing
Ember
See the unseen.
An XR ecosystem fusing LiDAR, thermal imaging, and real-time scene analysis — built for the future of first responders.
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The Problem
First responders
operate blind.
Smoke and darkness strip away the one sense crews rely on most. Thermal, spatial, and situational data all exist — they just live in separate tools, never in one view.
- 0%
- Visibility in a developed structure fire
- 60s
- Every minute lost to disorientation compounds risk
- 3+
- Separate devices to read one scene
Thermal Imaging
Heat, in the
line of sight.
Heat signatures render directly into the responder's field of view — locate victims through smoke, trace fire spread, and read hotspots before you reach them. No handheld camera. No looking away.
LiDAR Spatial Mapping
Every room,
mapped as you move.
Real-time 3D mapping of hallways, rooms, and exits in zero visibility. Crews always know where they are and how to get out — and command sees the same map they do.
The Hardware
Built on gear crews already wear.
Ember mounts to a standard SCBA mask. No retraining, no new certification — the sensors, compute, and HUD ride along with the equipment already strapped to every responder.
Running Software
This is the view.
Not a mockup — frames captured off the Ember prototype running on its own compute. Detection, spatial scan, and crew status render into one overlay, in the responder's line of sight.
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Spatial scan
The time-of-flight sensor traces room geometry as contours in real time — walls, doorways, and obstacles drawn from range data rather than light.
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One tactical view
Scan, mode, and a crew vitals block — pulse, oxygen saturation, skin temperature, heading — share a single overlay, so nothing competes for the responder's attention.
The Ecosystem
Built for the field.
Ember is the first piece of a connected platform — headset, command dashboard, and shared spatial map working as one. What each responder sees, the whole team sees.
Structure Fire
Map the building as you move through it, track every crew member's position, and see heat through the smoke before you reach it.
Search & Rescue
Thermal signatures and spatial breadcrumbs guide teams to victims in collapsed, flooded, or pitch-black environments.
Hazmat & Industrial
Overlay live sensor readings and hazard zones onto the real world, keeping responders oriented and a safe distance from threats.
In The Field
Built with real crews.
We take Ember into fire halls and put it on the people who would actually carry it. Every session sends us back with changes — where the weight sits, what belongs in the overlay, and what would just get in the way at three in the morning.
Firefighters already carry a handheld thermal camera. The bar isn't whether we can show them heat — it's whether we can show it without taking a hand or an eye away.
Where We Are
Not a concept.
A working prototype.
Ember started as a hackathon build and became a company. The rig you scrolled through is the real thing — a standard MSA SCBA mask carrying our sensor module, compute, and heads-up display.
- 2026
Solution Challenge — North America Top 3
Named a top-three team at the Google Solution Challenge North America Demo Day.
- 2026
Hack Canada — Two Track Wins
Google Build with AI Track and the SPUR Founder Track, in the same weekend.
- Aug 21, 2026
Demoing at Google NYC
Invited to present Ember at Google's New York office alongside the other top teams.
- Ongoing
In the field with Ontario departments
Running field research with working fire departments to shape what Ember becomes.
- Team
Yves Donato · George Farag · Rita Zhang · Taimoor Aleem
Building out of Toronto, Canada. 
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