Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2390: SmartFire: Intelligent Platform for Monitoring Fire Extinguishers and Their Building Environment

Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2390: SmartFire: Intelligent Platform for Monitoring Fire Extinguishers and Their Building Environment Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19102390 Authors: Roberto Garcia-Martin Alfonso González-Briones Juan M. Corchado Due to fire protection regulations, a minimum number of fire extinguishers must be available depending on the surface area of each building, industrial establishment or workplace. There is also a set of rules that establish where the fire extinguisher should be placed: always close to the points that are most likely to be affected by a fire and where they are visible and accessible for use. Fire extinguishers are pressure devices, which means that they require maintenance operations that ensure they will function properly in the case of a fire. The purpose of manual and periodic fire extinguisher checks is to verify that their labeling, installation and condition comply with the standards. Security seals, inscriptions, hose and other seals are thoroughly checked. The state of charge (weight and pressure) of the extinguisher, the bottle of propellant gas (if available), and the state of all mechanical parts (nozzle, valves, hose, etc.) are also checked. To ensure greater safety and reduce the economic costs associated with maintaining fire extinguishers, it is necessary to develop a system that allows monitoring of their status. One of the advantages of monitoring fire extinguishers is that it will be possible to understand what external...
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