February 24, 2022
This combined solution provides an early forest fire prevention and detection system through
IoT sensors placed in forests.
MADRID, 24 February 2022. HISPASAT, the Spanish operator and satellite solutions and services provider of the Red Eléctrica Group, has reached an agreement with Pyro, a specialist in forest sensor technology, to jointly market a comprehensive early fire prevention and detection system via satellites which uses a system of sensors connected through the IoT (Internet of Things).
Specifically, this proposal by HISPASAT and Pyro is based on automating monitoring in forest areas.
The solution jointly analyzes the information collected continuously through sensors and weather
forecasts while providing relevant information about the forest’s status available to locals and
organizations in real time. The early fire detection system – which boasts no false alarms unlike other
detection systems – also features ongoing fire monitoring, even at night, which also enable users to
predict how the fire will evolve in adjacent forest areas
This service achieves these goals thanks to data parameters like temperature, relative humidity, CO,
CO2, and wind speed and direction collected by Pyro’s BSeed Watch sensors which have a useful life
of four years. These devices, spread across large forest areas, send their information to a data
collection point. Thanks to an easy-to-implement solar powered satellite connection provided by
HISPASAT, this point continuously and immediately sends this information to the cloud to be analyzed
and offered to users by means of the service platform.
High intensity fires, which are on the rise in recent years due to phenomena like climate change and
rural population decline, involve a major environmental and economic impact for affected areas and
a clear risk to residents of nearby towns and members of the fire department. Ignacio Sanchis, the
Chief Commercial Officer of HISPASAT, stated that “we are convinced that the comprehensive forest
protection system that we have developed together with Pyro can be a highly valuable tool to
guarantee much more accurate, efficient and safe forest monitoring.”
José Luis Liz, CEO of Pyro, added that “HISPASAT’s universal satellite coverage allows the information
from our sensors to be recorded at any point in the forest, no matter how remote, in an ongoing and
immediate manner. This is essential to guarantee that emergency teams can respond quickly in the
event of a fire”.
About HISPASAT
HISPASAT, Red Eléctrica Group’s satellite services operator and provider, offers satellite broadband
and connectivity solutions including Internet access, mobility and the expansion of cellular networks,
as well as other added-value proposals, to governments, corporations and telecommunications
operators in the Americas, Europe and North Africa. It is also a leader in distributing Spanish and
Portuguese audio-visual content and broadcasting important digital platforms such as Direct To Home
(DTH) television and High Definition Television (HDTV), in addition to managing transportation and audio-visual signals from HISPASAT Peru’s teleport in Lurín. HISPASAT, which is comprised of
companies that have a presence in Spain as well as in Latin America, where its Brazilian affiliate
HISPAMAR is based, is one of the world’s largest companies in its sector in terms of revenue, and the
main communications bridge between Europe and the Americas.
About PYRO
PYRO, with headquarters in Spain, founded in 2011 and located in the Polytechnic City of Innovation (UPV-Valencia), is a technology company that specializes in designing and manufacturing solutions to fight forest fires. In recent years Pyro has developed a variety of IoT solutions to obtain precise information about fires, offering expanded situational awareness of emergencies for fire departments.
Pyro has participated in several European R&D projects as part of the European Community FP7, Horizon 2020 and Instrument for SME Phase 1 programs. The company holds two patents for forest fire fighting inventions and has obtained the Innovative SME seal from the Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation
Press contact:
Víctor Inchausti – tel. +34 667 31 29 48 – vinchausti@hispasat.es / comunicacion@hispasat.es
