Rockville’s N5 Sensors raises funds to detect, and avoid, disasters like Canadian wildfires

N5 Sensors, a Rockville environmental hazard detection tech company, is using $2.5 million from a recent seed round to build more of its fire-detecting sensors and hire more boots on the ground to convince emergency services agencies, particularly in rural areas, to pilot its products. N5 Sensors partners with utility companies, casinos, municipal emergency services, farms and pretty much any large landowner to detect environmental hazards, such as wildfires, chemical spills and air pollution, using an artificial intelligence algorithm and autonomous ground sensors.