Is This For Real!!!!

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FIRE WATCH



Automatic Early Warning System for Forest Fires


FIRE WATCH is a terrestrial, digital, remote surveillance system which is capable of observing larger wooded regions, and to analyse, evaluate, link and store the collective data.


Due to its sensitivity, accuracy and reliability the system enables an early recognition of forest fires.


FIRE WATCH is able to evaluate and classify the incoming data in multiple ways, connected to a central station. In the event of a recognized source of fire, it automatically sends out an alarm.


FIRE WATCH protects entire ecosystems and cultural landscapes.


FIRE WATCH takes care of the economic resources of the endangered areas was tested successfully and has been installed in Germany, in the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony for several years. The technical performance of the system allows the usage in other states and / or countries.


PARTICULARS:

tower-based, reliable & automatic early recognition of forest fires
automatic recognition of smoke clouds in daylight with a minimal size of 10 m x 10 m at a distance of 50 km by good visibility , within less than 8 minutes
monitored area approximately 1900 square kilometers
high image quality from the beginning of the image pickup right up to the control station's computer

[NJFFSA16]

I don't know if it's real.....but isn't one person in a lookout tower able to do the same thing? :p

[Rayr49]

This appears to be the same. We'll know more after this fire season.


NEW: Deadwood installs high-tech detectors to avoid another Grizzly Gulch
By The Associated Press

Deadwood - The HBO Series featuring this historic Black Hills gambling town has boosted visitor numbers but a lingering drought has also increased the risk of wildfires.

So the town has installed five high-tech detectors high atop ridges around town to avoid what happened in 2002 when the Grizzly Gulch Fire forced the evacuation of it and nearby Lead -- and disrupted tourism.

The fire destroyed seven homes and charred 18 square miles, and threatened millions of dollars worth of improvements made since gambling returned to Deadwood in 1989.

"That made the sale a whole lot easier to the community and the Johnny Q. Public," Ken Hawki, Deadwood's fire safety officer, said of the roughly $42,000 the town spent on the detectors.

Hawki said the investment is about the same as what would be spent on a pickup. "And we'll get a lot more value out of this," he said.

Stay Safe

IACOJ

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Give me a lone Towerman in a 80 foot Aeromotor tower and you have a dependable proven system.