▲ ▼ Inexpensive IoT fire safety system
Recently in Delhi, fire broke out in a factory resulting in the death of at-least 43 people and more than 50 were injured. Since this happened during early morning, most of the occupants(labourers) were sleeping and so couldn't notice the fire in time; besides the factory building itself was illegal & didn't have proper fire safety.
If there was a fire alarm, lives could have been saved and if that alarm was capable of sending alerts outside (SMS/Internet) then at-least outside help could have been received in time.
To be frank, I didn't have any fire alarm at my house. Frightened by this incident I searched for one on the market and the ones with decent ratings where overwhelmingly expensive. I'm of middle income category, if these are expensive to me, no wonder many here aren't even aware of fire safety systems let alone someone spending money on it for a building housing poor labourers.
Why are these expensive when a smartphones in the country are half the price?
I've seen people with BMW/Audi but without a fire extinguisher in their house in India, I guess it's some form of extraordinary optimism regarding one's life. Fire safety awareness is generally low in the country.
Check those out, if that works out for you and if you think you can build a better commercial solution than what's available on the market give a shot at this need gap by building your own product.
True about optimism!
Can you tell me more about how to DIY fire alarm system?
Basically you have two options regarding DIY fire alarm systems,
I will do a detailed write up on my personal blog later and share you the link.