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Complete Wildfire Detection Solution

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Ultra-Early Wildfire Detection Solution

The Silvanet Suite provides a complete solution for wildfire detection and health & growth monitoring of the forest. It is comprised of four components; the Wildfire Sensor, Mesh Gateway, Border Gateway and the Cloud Platform. Combined, the suite provides ultra-early wildfire detection and monitors the microclimate of the forest.

Ultra-early wildfire detection represents a crucial change in the prompt intervention against wildfires, preventing economical damage, reducing risk and saving lives. Monitoring the health and growth of the forest with automatic, large-scale data collection enables efficient forest management and prevention of diseases. All devices are solar-powered and run maintenance-free for up to 15 years.

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Features

  • Fire detection using gas sensors & AI
  • Health & growth monitoring
  • Mesh network architecture

Differentiators

  • Solar-powered, maintenance-free products
  • Ultra-early detection, smoldering phase
  • Supports any LoRaWAN compliant sensors

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Wildfire Sensor

Wildfire Sensor
for Ultra-Early Detection

Solar-powered sensor for ultra-early detection of wildfires

The Silvanet Wildfire Sensor is designed to detect forest fires during the early stages (including the smoldering phase, within the first 60 minutes) and to monitor the microclimate, measuring temperature, humidity, and air pressure.

The sensor combines ultra-low-power Air Quality sensing with a precise gas sensing mode. It detects Hydrogen, Carbon Monoxide, and other gasses at the p.p.m. level with built-in artificial intelligence in order to reliably detect a fire and avoid false positives.

The sensor uses LoRaWAN communications for wireless data transmission and can run maintenance-free for 10-15 years without needing batteries, avoiding the use of lithium and other toxic materials.

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Ultra-early fire detection

  • Dramatically cuts firefighting
  • Prevents economical damage
  • Reduces risk & insurance
  • Saves human life & wildlife

Health & Growth Monitoring

  • Reliable, repeatable data collection
  • More effective forest planning
  • Prevent diseases and fight droughts
  • Optimize tree growth and ROI
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Border Gateway

Border Gateway

Distributed LoRaWAN Gateway for Large-Scale Outdoor Networks & connection with Silvanet Cloud

The Silvanet Border Gateway is placed at the border of the target forest area, typically in a forest house or near a village.

The Border Gateway communicates with the Silvanet Cloud Platform, relaying messages from Wildfires Sensors (directly or indirectly via Mesh Gateways). Connectivity is provided wirelessly using the built-in LTE radio (using 4G/LTE-M with 2G/GPRS fallback) or using the built-in Ethernet adapter via a wired Internet connection.

For remote deployments where there is no mobile network coverage and no access to mains power, the Silvanet Border Gateway has built-in support for satellite uplink using the SWARM satellite network. It can be operated on mains power or powered by a solar cell.

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Differentiators

  • Solar- or mains powered
  • Built-in satellite communications (SWARM)
  • Extendable to large areas with Mesh Gateway

Features

  • Ethernet, 4G/LTE-M with 2G/GPRS fallback
  • LoRaWAN compliant
  • Firmware Update Over-the-Air (FUOTA)
Mesh Network Architecture Schema
Distributed LoRaWAN Gateway

Mesh Border Gateway

Distributed LoRaWAN Gateway for Large-Scale Outdoor Networks

The Silvanet Mesh Gateway extends the Silvanet Network to large deployments beyond the reach of the standard single-hop direct connection between sensors and gateways in standard LoRaWAN networks.

The patent-pending architecture uses a multi-hop mesh network of Gateways interconnected with LoRa and each serving as a standard LoRaWAN gateway to Silvanet Wildfire Sensors and 3rd party sensors.

The solar-powered Mesh Gateways are placed in the forest itself, forming a mesh network with a typical distance of 2-6 km depending on topology and physical placement of the Mesh Gateways or a Border Gateway. It does not require direct 4G/LTE radio or Ethernet connectivity which ensures low power consumption supported by the built-in solar panel.

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Differentiators

  • Extended LoRaWAN networks to large areas
  • Solar-powered, maintenance-free
  • Supports any LoRaWAN compliant sensors

Features

  • Automatic network configuration
  • Self-healing, auto fail-over mesh network
  • Firmware Update Over-the-Air (FUOTA)
Mesh Network Architecture Schema
Wildfire Detection Web User Interface

Cloud Platform

Platform for device management, monitoring & alerting

The Silvanet Cloud captures data served by the Silvanet Mesh Network and received from the Silvanet Sensor devices.

It provides a web application for end-users of the Silvanet System, enabling them to manage and view the sensors and gateways of their deployment, to view and analyze sensor data and to configure alerts.

Fire alerts are clearly shown on the cloud platform highlighting the interested sensors and their position on the map but also an SMS and an e-mail notification are sent to end users.

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