Affiliations: [a] Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. E-mail: bsarrafpour@unitec.ac.nz | [b] National University Fast, Islamabad, Pakistan. E-mail: noreen.jamil@nu.edu.pk | [c] Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. E-mail: maria.villapol@aut.ac.nz | [d] UCOL, Palmerston North, New Zealand. E-mail: a.malik@ucol.ac.nz | [e] Freelance Researcher, Auckland, New Zealand. E-mail: ssremath@aut.ac.nz
Abstract: Internet of Things (IoT) based systems have revolutionised the way real world systems are inter-connected through internet. At present the application of IoT based systems is extend to real time detection and warning system. However, cost has been a major factor for development and implementation of IoT systems. Considering the cost, ease of implementation, this paper proposes a low cost yet efficient IoT system called FireNot for warning and alerting fire incidents. FireNot is a cloud based system that uses sensors (hardware) to detect fire and alert the user through internet and is maintained and monitored using a simple Android app. The FireNot system uses Raspberry Pi programmed through Python language and utilises Google API for location detection. The FireNot system is also intended to provide an expandable platform for additional daily monitoring tasks and more importunately, resiliency against most cyber-attacks and hi-jacking that targets IoT-based system lacked in most of similar IoT-based designs. This paper practically demonstrates the FireNot system through extensive testing on various operations and the FireNot system is proven to be efficient.
Keywords: Fire alert system, IoT alter systems, FireNot
