Development of an early detection system for fire using Wireless Sensor Networks and Arduino

Early detection of fire is the key to save huge losses in terms of environment, property and lives. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) can help in early detection of fires and condition monitoring of such areas. In this paper a short-range communication network has been developed which can be used for sending and receiving data between different Zigbee (XBee) Radio Frequency (RF) modules using XCTU software from Digi. Different sensors for measuring parameters like temperature, humidity, smoke and flame are placed and the data is transferred using anXBee network. The developed wireless sensor network keeps track of the above-mentioned parameters. The measured parameters are transmitted up to a distance of 100m. An alarm has been set so that corrective action can be taken at a preventive stage. The paper provides experimental results of the placed sensors in real time on an XCTU terminal port. Numerical results along with future scope of this work are given in the subsequent sections.