THE EFFECT DEMO, FIRE RISK PREVENTION SYSTEM, NOW  IN 5G!

Agricultural and forest fires are a real and increasingly frequent threat, with devastating impacts on the environment, economy and safety. From these needs, the EFFECT project (EFFECTive fire early detection and monitoring system based on in-situ sensors) was developed, with a very clear intent: to intervene before the flames spread thanks to cutting-edge technologies that enable early detection of fires, facilitating a timely and informed response.

Indeed, at the core of the EFFECT system are some of the most innovative technologies brought together: a network of IoT sensors connected to 5G+ solar-powered gateways and a cloud platform for data processing. The developed solution enables real-time monitoring of environmental conditions and detects early signs of fire risk, triggering automatic alarms that promptly alert emergency teams.

A key element of the project is precisely 5G connectivity, which ensures low latency, high reliability and coverage even in remote areas. Thanks to these features, data on critical environmental factors such as temperature, humidity and particulate matter concentration (PM1, PM 2.5, PM4, PM10) are transmitted to the platform with short delay.

The EFFECT project is a response to one of the Open Calls of the FIDAL Project – Field trials beyond 5G (https://fidal-he.eu/), of which Webgenesys is one of the beneficiary companies.

Testing technology: the operational demo in Spain

Last April, our R&D team conducted a technical demonstration of EFFECT in order to validate the developed technology solution under real operating conditions. The demo took place in an agricultural setting at the “Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea – La Mayora” of the University of Malaga, and gathered feedback from researchers, students and local technical partners on a set of key indicators.

Three test scenarios were successfully implemented during the demonstration, obtaining favorable feedback from the institute’s staff; in fact, the latter positively evaluated the system’s ease of installation, the clarity of the information returned, and its effectiveness in a rural context, in addition to its key functionalities.

The three scenarios conducted for testing the solution