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Telefónica successful conducts pilot with drones based on IoT solutions for early fire detection

Via Telefonica Press Room

Jun 5, 2019

Madrid, 5 June 2019.- Telefónica, in collaboration with the Carlos III University of Madrid, Divisek and Dronitec, has carried out in Matachines (Madrid) a sustainable innovation pilot with drones, based on Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for the early detection of forest fires and thus contributing to its prevention, one of the greatest ecological threats in Spain.

Vicente Muñoz, Chief IoT Officer of Telefónica, pointed out: "The evolution of unmanned vehicles such as drones, improvements in sensors and IoT communication networks are revolutionising the monitoring of all kinds of infrastructures and the management of emergencies such as fighting forest fires. Thanks to IoT technology, fires can be detected early and vital information can be known to make better decisions at an early stage, which can help to quell an emerging fire so that it does not lead to a large devastating one.

Specifically, the project takes advantage of the telecommunications towers that Telefónica has throughout the territory. The towers are equipped with thermal sensors, which are capable of detecting any possible outbreak of fire in a perimeter of up to 15 km. Within these towers there is a hangar with a drone, also equipped with sensors and both a thermal camera and an optical one. Once the thermal sensors detect a fire they send an alert to the drone with the exact location where a fire may have started. The drone then flies autonomously to that point, even in conditions of low visibility, collects optical and thermal images and sends in real time all the information it collects to the emergency services thanks to the mobile connectivity provided by Telefónica towers.

The system also allows the emergency control centre to take control of the drone at any time to gather more information and track the fire environment. Once the mission is over, the drone returns to the hangar and gets ready for future flights automatically recharging its batteries. Knowing what is going on allows the emergency services to make better decisions such as what resources to send or how best extinguish the fire.

This pilot was conducted in collaboration with the Carlos III University, Divisek and Dronitec. This University has developed the entire autonomous flight system and the interface with which the emergency service sees all the information in real time, while Divisek has been in charge of the autonomous drone recharging system and Dronitec has collaborated in all the services associated with the drone.

It is the first step towards the development of services to contribute to preventing forest fires with technology and thus reversing the figures that make Spain the European country most affected by forest fires, with 12,573 fires and 101,411.53 hectares devastated by flames in 2018.

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