FORFIRE

"System for highly reliable, cost effective, early detection and accurate localization of incipient forest fires"

Coordinatore	LIGHTWAVE OPTICS LTD (IRISH PRECISION OPTICS)    more  Organization address address: SUMMERHILL NORTH 22 city: CORK contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Arun Kumar Cognome: Roy Email: send email Telefono: +353 86 195 16 82 Fax: +353 21 45 061 06
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Ireland [IE]
Sito del progetto	http://www.forfire.eu
Totale costo	1˙447˙235 €
EC contributo	1˙099˙560 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2008-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-06-01   -   2011-11-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	LIGHTWAVE OPTICS LTD (IRISH PRECISION OPTICS)  Organization address address: SUMMERHILL NORTH 22 city: CORK contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Arun Kumar Cognome: Roy Email: send email Telefono: +353 86 195 16 82 Fax: +353 21 45 061 06	IE (CORK)	coordinator	503˙308.00
2	HERON Technologies  Organization address city: ORLEANS postcode: 45074 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Panagiotis Cognome: Pavlopoulos Email: send email Telefono: +33 238 698 083 Fax: +33 238 698 042	FR (ORLEANS)	participant	360˙323.00
3	"PINDIATEC, S.L."  Organization address address: "Poligono de Trascueto, CEMCAM Off. 114" city: Revilla de Camargo postcode: 39600 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Pedro Cognome: Martin Email: send email Telefono: 34608680154	ES (Revilla de Camargo)	participant	120˙333.00
4	OPTOELECTRONICA - 2001 SA  Organization address address: ATOMISTILOR STREET 409 city: MAGURELE postcode: 77125 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Andreea Cognome: Fazacas Email: send email Telefono: +40 021 457 4498 Fax: +40 021 457 4204	RO (MAGURELE)	participant	59˙200.00
5	TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL  Organization address address: CALLE MIGUEL VILLANUEVA 2 6 PISO PUERTA 3 city: LOGRONO postcode: 26001 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alfredo Cognome: Sanchez Email: send email Telefono: +34 670 625 273 Fax: +34 91 556 34 15	ES (LOGRONO)	participant	19˙660.00
6	INSTYTUT BADAWCZY LESNICTWA  Organization address address: UL BRACI LESNEJ 3 SEKOCIN STARY city: RASZYN postcode: 05 090 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Krystyna Cognome: Szczepanska Email: send email Telefono: +48 22 7153 838 Fax: +48 22 7200 397	PL (RASZYN)	participant	18˙034.00
7	COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES  Organization address address: RUE LEBLANC 25 city: PARIS 15 postcode: 75015 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Nathalie Cognome: Judas Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 69 08 77 88 Fax: +33 1 69 08 74 01	FR (PARIS 15)	participant	14˙464.00
8	NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS  Organization address address: CHRISTOU LADA 6 city: ATHENS postcode: 10561 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Efstathia Cognome: Kafentzi Email: send email Telefono: +30 210 368 9194 Fax: +30 210 368 9008	EL (ATHENS)	participant	4˙238.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Europe has suffered in the last years a large number of forest fires that has caused enormous losses in terms of human life and environmental damage. During 2007, more than 3376 square kilometres of forest and agricultural fields disappeared in smoke, causing the loss of more than 64 lives and more than 1.6bn Euros [1].These figures meant an increase of a 50% in southern European countries such as Greece in relation to the impact by forest fires in the previous years. The burnt area represented a 14% of the total forest mass in the European Union, and an 25% for the southern European countries (Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece), in danger of desertification [2]. Despite of the use of the latest technologies, such as satellite monitoring, the situation has not significantly improved for the last 25 years. Even more, it seems that the risk and number of forest fires are increasing each year due to a combination of human (smokers, campers and picnickers or tourists) and environmental factors (earthquake, erupting volcanoes, drought, lightning, etc). FORFIRE aims to develop an outdoors fire detection system using a new camera sensor only sensible to VUV part of the spectrum. This feature provides a set of advantages comparing with current sensors. Developing this new sensor will provide the capability of early fire detection with a very low rate of false alarm (0.1%). This can be achieved by focusing on the spectral characteristics of flames in the Vacuum Ultra Violet (VUV) area (at wavelengths between 140 to 240 nm) of the electromagnetic spectrum. The objective of the project is to develop each of the components necessary for the integration and validation of FORFIRE product to place SMEs in a position for successfully differentiation from abroad competitors.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

A new camera system only detects the ultraviolet (UV) light of flames. This development means automatic detection of forest fires and quicker response.