Arduino fire accident detection

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Hello. I want to detect fire accident and alerting system with arduino. But I see in youtube videos that everyone is using ir sensor which detects small fire also. I think it is a problem. So I want a solution that only detects fire accidents.

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Hello! Please be nice and tell us what you think a "fire accident" is. IS it someone lighting a cigarette?

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Hello iksiam

Start by creating a simple system requirements specification for the Basic Engineering.

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What is this a project for school, investigation, possibly for a product or just fun. I assume this is an objective measurement, what are the specifications that govern fire size, I have never seen them. What if it is a big fire? What do you do when you find one? How close do you need to be?

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Actually I am from Bangladesh where I've seen many fire accidents. I mean by fire accident is a big fire which can cause death of human beings.

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Ok, but how do you describe a fire accident in terms that your Arduino can understand? Is it heat. Is it light? is it smoke? Is it sound of stuff burning? IS it smell of stuff burning? And how do you determine the fire is an accident and not started by someone?

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It is just for fun. At first I used IR sensors to detect fire accident. But the problem is it started alerting even when I use stove for cooking. But I want a solution that will alert when there is a big fire.

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I want something that can measure the area under fire.

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There's more than a fair chance that a fire will disable the Arduino before it can raise an alarm.

Most of these devices are not intended to be used in situations where people's lives depend on them.

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Then you want something like a camera to take a picture and then your software can determine if the picture is a fire or not.

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that's a good idea. But I want to know that is there any sensor which can detect only big fire because I don't want to use a software for this

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Sure. Use any heat sensor and keep moving it away from the fire until you get the results you want. As you move the sensor the fire can grow in size until it is the size you want.

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