arXiv AI By Shruti Kulkarni, Lynn Tong, Aditi Namboodiripad, Chelyah Miller, Helen Lin, Peeyush Patel, Bogdan Bistriceanu, Diane Myung-kyung Woodbridge

Multilingual Agent System for Inclusive Wildfire Evacuation Guidance

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The paper introduces BEACON, a multilingual agent system designed to deliver personalized wildfire evacuation guidance to users, including navigation routes, checklists, and a chatbot that adapts to the user’s language. It integrates real‑time fire perimeter, evacuation orders, shelter data, GPS, and NOAA weather to predict fire danger using an XGBoost model and triggers alerts with polygon‑avoidant routing when danger is likely. The interface automatically switches languages based on the user’s recent settings or chatbot interactions, ensuring inclusive communication for non‑English speakers.

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