ZigBee Based Wireless Sensor Network for Fire Alarm Monitoring in Naval Vessels

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been developed recently with the ZigBee protocol for different applications. Few papers have been investigated on utilizing WSN into the maritime environment with ZigBee protocol. Many of maritime vessels are required to ensure the reliable fire protection and continuous data monitoring. This work studies a designing of an automated wireless fire alarm system which can continuously monitor the fire status and temperature values of each compartment. The first experiment was conducted in a missile craft to analyze the feasibility of ZigBee protocol for maritime environment. In the second phase, a prototype wireless fire detector unit was created by connecting reliable low power temperature sensor to a ZigBee enabled mote. Each mote is integrated with a Coordinator unit which can process and display sensor values in real time. A supporting Graphical User Interface was generated using python computing language to monitor sensor values. As per the information collected by the sensors, a warning alarm will be activated and a SMS will be sent to the authorized person immediately.