The Role of Smart City in Forest Fires

The way to respond quickly to forest fires is through smart city technologies

Today, the number of forest fires and Its negative effects are increasing rapidly. Large-scale forest fires, especially in summer months, in different parts of the world, destroy ecosystems and threaten human life. With temperature increases resulting from high atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, fires are becoming more frequent and more difficult to extinguish. The way to quickly intervene in the increasing forest fires in the world is through smart city technologies.

In recent years, our world It is faced with forest fires due to increasing global warming and negligence. Although some wildfires occur naturally, 2% are caused by lightning and less than 5% are caused by events that do not involve humans. Research indicates that 22.5% of the fires that occur in Mediterranean countries with a hot climate are caused by negligence and 60% are caused by intentionality.

Forest fires affect the environment and society. It has serious effects on The destruction of plants, animals and even certain species causes irreversible damage to the soil, reduced carbon dioxide absorption, erosion and loss of water resources. The way to prevent this situation that causes the climate crisis is through smart city applications. Local governments, which invest in smart city technologies every day, are implementing environmental monitoring systems that protect against forest fires.

With advanced cameras, sensors, LoraWan technology and IoT devices, a possible Fire potential is detected in advance and relevant measures can be taken quickly. Thanks to the technologies used; Before the fire occurs, the signal that it will occur reaches the center and accordingly, preventive actions are taken against the fire that will occur. Issues with different dynamics, such as the state of the winds that occur or will occur during the fire, in which directions and in what extent the fire can reach, and the condition of the roads in order to reach the fire zone quickly, can be managed from a single room and fires can be intervened immediately. This prevents an environmental, vital and financial disaster from occurring.

Smart city Şekip Karakaya, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SAMPAŞ Holding, which has been using the power of informatics for 42 years to strengthen and disseminate its approach, said, “According to the data of the World Economic Forum, the global cost of forest fires is around 50 billion dollars. In addition to being a huge burden for the world economy, this is a situation that endangers both our lives and the lives of the creatures living in forests. It is known that global forest fires released an estimated 6,450 mega tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2021 alone. This is a huge threat to all of us. The saddest part is that we will continue to experience this difficult process that our world is going through. It is predicted that there will be an increase of up to 30 percent in forest fires by 2050, due to the impact of global warming. Serious work is being done around the world to prevent this situation. The basis for this is sensors, smart cameras, IoT devices and artificial intelligence technologies under the umbrella of smart city technologies. Because while it takes an average of six hours for fires to be detected by the human eye, the use of technology reduces this time significantly and speeds up fire intervention. As a country that faces a lot of fires, we must take precautions regarding this. We are working on this issue with many local governments, trying to prevent possible disasters by making our cities smarter.

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