Design and Built a Prototype Kit for Fire Detection in a Peat Swamp Forest: A Preliminary Results

Peat forest fire detectors need to be developed immediately due the frequency of peat fires in Malaysia during summer is very high. This can affect life and health surrounding population. Among them Ayer Hitam Muar Forest Reserve, Johor which almost 50,000 acres size experiences every year. However, monitoring management methods still improved terms speed, accuracy systematic channeling alerts. Apart from location area factors, main challenge early detection process lack manpower monitor notify fires. The conventional method through patrols phone calls farmers who see a less effective because delay notification received by authorities. Initially, work identifying measuring signal strength telco service Reserve was done with help rangers district forestry department. article proposes prototype for detecting capable sending notifications using smartphone. uses an ESP32 microcontroller, GSM/GPRS modem industry-standard sensors incluing smoke, temperature, humidity motion detectors. A total five units were as sensor nodes (SN) 1 5 unique IDs that send information UTHM web servers simultaneously. Data each SN displayed real-time while smoke alerts are sent authorities via Telegram application. Solar panels used source electricity supply access smartphones. tested its stability operational data obtained recorded. system detect at stage known based on smartphone screen.