Fire detection using wireless sensor networks

Abstract

Fire threatens man, animals, plants and properties. So there should be a very adequate, fast, and easy to install alarm systems to avoid the fire consequences. A wireless sensor network (WSN) with multiple wireless sensor nodes and a base station for fire detection is presented. It is a low-cost, easy to construct, highly efficient, fast, and reliable wireless sensor network. Wireless nodes measure the temperature and light intensity in their surrounding areas. The temperature and light data from the wireless nodes are used to detect the fire event and then the system sounds an alarm. The wireless sensor nodes collect and send data continuously to the base station, which is connected to a computer. Software application has been developed in order to conduct the data mining of the wireless sensor network. The WSN has shown the efficiency of mining real time data, reliability, and its flexibility for expansion.