Currently 90 per cent percent of regular fire alarms are false. Fire brigades must investigate every alarm logged and it causes enormous inefficiencies. |
We started off with the idea of developing a system using several sensors that could eliminate most of the false alarms. |
We tested a demonstration device in an office building and at a recycling centre. We used an employee smoking room for the office demonstration, and the recycling centre had a lot of dust and activity. Both were ideal locations to generate false alarms, but the IMOS worked perfectly. |