Application of WSNs for Detection Land and Forest Fire in Riau Province Indonesia

Abstract

Forest fires in Riau Province Indonesia is issues that regularly happen with affected the length and breadth of Indonesia. The effects forest fire and of haze on human health as reported in that particular year were about 20 million people have suffered from respiratory problems and serious deterioration in overall health in Riau community. This research proposes development of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for detection of forest fire in Riau province for the region that high risk forest fire in dry session, with WSN technology data be able to collect from the sensor deploy in the forest area. The deployment of sensors will be located at several locations that has badly impacted in previous case and forecast location with potential fire happen. Mathematical analysis is used in this case for modelling number of sensor required to deploy and the size of forest area represented overall of Riau Province. An early indication of forest fires is needed for quick prevention before they become uncontrollable and overwhelming. The design and development of WSN sensors give high feasibility to overcome current issues in Riau Province because of forest fire. The development of this system used WSN highly applicable for early warning and alert to representative institution for action taken.