…FSR201 has long been relied on as an emergency corridor—so much so that last year one local MP went so far as to call on the House of Commons to pave the route. …A 2018 government estimate found roughly 92 per cent of roads in B.C. were unpaved—many of them potentially treacherous evacuation routes due to a lack of maintenance or poor preparation. …It’s a problem that Gallagher and Stewart set out to fix when they started IntelliMass Technologies Inc. after the devastating 2023 wildfires in West Kelowna. …Marketed as BackRoadIntel, the system collects data using hitch-mounted sensors and a dashcam system that passively collects the bumps, jolts, pitch and roll of a vehicle as it travels down a dirt road. …Dashcam footage helps to further identify hazards and verify the road conditions. …The resulting interface—now public for FSR201—provides users with detailed information about road conditions.