Abstract

This paper presents the development of an advanced fire alarm system utilizing GSM technology to provide real-time alerts to farm managers. The system integrates smoke and flame sensors with an Arduino Uno board, employing an LM35 temperature sensor and a SIM module for distant communication. This innovative approach aims to enhance the effectiveness of traditional fire alarm systems by ensuring timely information dissemination and enabling prompt emergency response to prevent fire outbreak in order to safeguard the environment. The fire alarm system shows significant conformity in performance/result with that obtained from literature, regarding the activeness of the device to detecting the outbreak of fire, thereby, safe-guarding properties and lives. The result obtained from the tests carried out shows that at 9.5m and 11.5m distance from the smoke, fire alarm was not triggered. Whereas at distance 7.5m, 5.5m and 3.5m the fire alarm was triggered. The results show the optimum distance of smoke detection to be between 3.5m and 7.5m. The system was therefore adjudged efficient in responding to fire incidents.

Key Words: Fire alarm system, GSM technology, Arduino, Smoke sensor, Flame sensor, Temperature sensor, Farm safety