This paper proposes a wildfire monitoring and detection system based on wireless
sensor network. This system detects fire by monitoring surrounding temperature,
humidity and smoke. Once fire is detected, a warning message containing
probable location of that fire is immediately sent to the responsible
authority over cellular network. In order for the system to be more effective,
communities living near forests or national parks can send warning messages
through the same system to the responsible authority using their mobile
handsets once they witness wildfire or illegal activities. For the system to be
fully functional, the only requirement is the availability of cellular network
coverage in forests or national parks to enable short message services to take
place. The system prototype is developed using Arduino microcontroller, several
sensors to detect temperature, relative humidity and smoke as well as
wireless network connection modules. At the control center Telerivet messaging
platform is used to design the messaging service. The experimental results
justify the capability of the proposed system in detecting wildfire in real
time.
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