The Independent Electricity Transmission Operator (ADMIE) utilizes the high voltage pylons to protect the Parnitha forest from fires, installing an “intelligent” early fire detection system at selected points of the electrical network, which were indicated by the Fire Brigade.
In particular, the innovative pilot project, which is launched with the support of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, foresees the placement of 540 sensors, as well as optical and thermal panoramic cameras on 135 pillars of the Administrator, covering an area of tens of thousands of acres in the wider area of Parnitha.
A state-of-the-art information processing and fire risk assessment system will collect, integrate and evaluate in real time the data from the cameras and sensors that will be placed at four different points of each pillar, sending, in the event of a fire, an emergency signal to the National Coordination Center for Operations and Crisis Management (ESKEDIK). In combination with the sensors, the optical cameras will transmit a live image during the day, while the thermal cameras will warn of the possible start of a fire during the night hours as well. The data will be transmitted with high geographic accuracy via a LoRa network and a fourth generation (4G) mobile broadband network.
The “smart” fire detection system through sensors, which was designed by GridTelecom, a subsidiary company of ADMIE in the telecommunications sector, will be energy independent and will be powered exclusively by solar energy.
The operation of this new system, even in its pilot phase, is expected to significantly facilitate the difficult work of the firefighting forces and enhance their ability to quickly and effectively intervene in new outbreaks of forest fires, as a large forest area with dense vegetation will monitored on a 24-hour basis.
The Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Mr. Christos Stylianidis, said in this regard: “This important initiative of the ADMIE, with the support of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, will make a substantial contribution to the battle we wage every day against forest fires. climate crisis makes fires increasingly dangerous for humans and our natural environment, the utilization of the country’s electrical infrastructure at the service of the Fire Brigade is an excellent practice that we must encourage and support”.
For his part, the President and CEO of ADMIE, Mr. Manos Manousakis, said: “ADMIE utilizes its electrical network to protect forests with solutions that are at the cutting edge of technology. The “smart” system that we will install in We sincerely hope that it will help the difficult work of the Fire Brigade and Civil Protection, in an area of enormous environmental importance for Attica”.
Source: Capital
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