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In the past, observers with binoculars on fire watch towers performed their service to society in forest fire prevention with great physical effort. For more than 20 years, sensor systems for early smoke detection from IQ FireWatch have taken over this task.

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Victoria Winter
Marketing Manager

The most widely used system for the detection of smoke


In addition to Germany, the system protects people and nature on four continents, including the Napa Valley wine-growing region in California and the Amazon region in Colombia. IQ FireWatch was developed together with the DLR (German Aerospace Center) and has been modernized many times over the past few years. Both the sensor technology and the software used are developed and produced in Berlin, and the entire system has various patents. It is the most widely used system worldwide and sets standards in early smoke detection.

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    About IQ FireWatch


    IQ Technologies for Earth and Space GmbH (former IQ wireless GmbH), headquartered in Berlin, Germany, is a well-established business for more than 20 years with three innovative business units: IQ FireWatch, IQ spacecom and IQ wireless. IQ FireWatch provides a terrestrial early detection system of fires in forests, outdoor industrial facilities, and wildland-urban interfaces. The know-how gained over many years in the planning and installation of radio transmission technology can be found under IQ wireless.

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