Real-Time Wildfire Monitoring and Alert System Using GSM Technology

Environmental related issues and parameters are of utmost importance to man, and is essential to his existence and influence and thus he alwaysseeks for an improved system that would be able to capture and monitor the changes in environmental parameters irrespective of time and location so as to provide for measures that will forestall abnormalities and cater for emergencies.This paper presents research work on a system that is capable of providing real time remote wildfire monitoring and SMS alert. Thework aimed at the design and implementation of a low cost but efficient and flexible wildfire monitoring and alert system using GSM technology. It was designed in such a way that the Monitoring of wildfire would be achieved with the use of temperature and smoke sensorscoupled with a control unit and transmitter module all of which are battery powered. Fire and smoke are sensed and measured by the sensors which send the signals to the control unit for proper processing and determination of the smoke rate.This is displayed on an LCD screen, then an alert is sent to the mobile phone of the environmental personnel via SMS while simultaneously triggering an alarm in control room. Thus this system presents a continuous, real time, remote, safe and accurate monitoring of wildfires and smoke rate hence ensuring the conservation and preservation of wildlife, natural habitats and the ecosystem, and at the same time, helping tocurb high impact human, industrial and environmental damage