Indra Faedo demuestra su efectividad y precisión en la detección temprana de incendios
This solution, composed of networked cameras with thermal sensors and smoke detectors, allows monitoring of extensive forest areas, day and night, and detect small fire outbreaks early and automatically, without needing a line of sight with them.
The technology company Indra has shown the improvements and technological advances offered by its Faedo system during the latest Spanish Forestry Congress (7CFE), recently organized in Palencia by the Spanish Society of Forest Sciences (SECF), which reduces by a 40% the number of fires and a 30% the moderately burned area, according to the data presented by Pablo Fernández and Fernando Aller, engineers from this company, who highlighted the technology's ability to monitor the forest 24/7 and detect fire early to extinguish it before it spreads and becomes an emergency.
Para lograrlo, Indra has integrated visual smoke detection with thermal detection into a single solution, which allows measuring the temperature of smoke columns to determine if there could be fire behind a hill or obstacle. So, Faedo is capable of detecting small fire outbreaks both during the day and at night, with a residual percentage of false alarms.
As previously announced Digital Security Magazine, the Faedo system is composed of a series of cameras, each with a range of 20 kilometers, which are placed on watchtowers and send real-time information to a control center.
The operator has an integrated view in this center of what is happening in the forest. The system presents the alarms and shows, over a 3D model of the terrain, the exact location of the fire. It also provides the necessary information to plan the extinguishing operation, helping to decide which is the best access route, where the personnel should be placed, at which points water is available or which nearby populations could be affected.
As a mobility solution, the commanders moving to the area can connect to the system via the Internet using a browser. Besides, las herramientas de simulación de Faedo ayudan al operador a analizar cómo evolucionará la situación en función de las condiciones meteorológicas. Una vez controlado el fuego, el sistema le ayudará a identificar el lugar en el que se inició y las posibles causas.
Los ingenieros de Indra subrayaron en la presentación de Faedo que “vigilar el bosque es una tarea que debe llevarse a cabo durante todo el año”, puesto que, según los datos oficiales del Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (MAPAMA), en el último decenio analizado, marzo ha sido el segundo mes del año con más siniestros, sólo por detrás de agosto. Besides, un alto porcentaje de los incendios intencionados se produce entre las 21:00 and the 2:00 h de la madrugada, cuando hay menos vigilancia y los medios aéreos no pueden actuar.
Ambos expertos aseguraron también que “los sistemas basados en cámaras visuales y térmicas constituyen la solución más extendida para la detección automática de incendios en todo el mundo”, y citaron el caso de Alemania, donde se han desplegado 175 puestos de vigilancia de este tipo que han contribuido a reducir en un 40% el número de incendios en la zona cubierta y un 30% the moderately burned area.
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