Introduction
Sentry Systems, Inc. is committed to developing technologies and solutions that are revolutionary and meaningful. We set out to research, understand and develop a true, real-time, location based wildfire early warning system. We began a journey that we did not anticipate to be so timely, needed and critical in helping our First Responders to fight back against the ever growing destructive threat of wildfires.
After spending inordinate amount of time on studying current tools, techniques and methods as well as a number of suggested technologies for early warning detection of wildfires, we were more convinced than ever that there was a better way. But we also realized the many technological and logistical challenges we had to overcome.
But, based on decades of experience and expertise in sensor, hardware, firmware and networking design and many years of relentless work, we created a unique, sensor based wildfire early warning system operating on a smart, compact and self-healing network protocol.
What is it?
What we have developed is a complete system consisting of multiple components that work cohesively together for a true real-time and location precise wildfire early warning system. This is not a single purpose tool or a standalone device but a sophisticated network of sensors, hardware, firmware and software working together around the clock to monitor for wildfires. We call this the VELAR System.
The patented VELAR system is not only designed to continually look for presence of wildfires in real-time, it is also designed to monitor and help predict the movement and pattern of live wildfires as well as post forensic analysis of an area that has been impacted by a wildfire and much more.
What are the components?
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FIRE SENSOR NODES
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GATEWAYS
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CENTRAL DATABASE
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USER DASHBOARD
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HOW DOES IT WORK?
2- The collected environmental data is transmitted through the network of Sensor Nodes to a nearby Gateway
3- The Gateway collects this data and transmits it to a central portal which in turn stores that data in a central database
4- The custom application or Dashboard, continuously monitors the database for new data
5- In an event of a fire, an alarm is generated, indicating the precise location of the fire based on GPS coordinates
Here is the block diagram of the system:

Below is an animated short video showing how the system works
Additional Features
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If you would like to download the Velar brochure, please click HERE.