Kerlink and NetOP Technology Partnering on World’s-First, IoT-Based Wildfire Prevention System
Thorigné-Fouillard, France and Amsterdam – Aug. 31, 2021, 6:00 p.m. CET – Kerlink (AKLK – FR0013156007), a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), and NetOP Technology, which designs and produces tailor-made IoT solutions for multiple verticals and applications, today announced their collaboration on a wildfire-prevention system that warns public officials when weather conditions predict fires.
This summer of 2021, 187,114 fires have so far been recorded across the globe, further underlining the urgency of acting on global warming. Extreme temperatures and droughts have fueled fires in Russia, Greece, Sicily, Algeria, Tunisia, the Amazon, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Canada and the United States, particularly in California, where the Dixie Fire has been burning since mid-July and has ravaged more than 200,000 hectares. The previous record was set in September 2020 with 138,680 fires, i.e. almost 50,000 fewer1.