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Articles & Whitepapers
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Air Quality Monitor in Brighton picked up PM1 plume from French Wildfires
Back at the end of July, two South Coast Science Praxis monitors picked up some unusual data. The monitors are installed at Preston Circus, Brighton and the data dashboard for each shows a diffuse and slowly shifting plume of particulate matter (PM1) in the evening on 20th and morning of 21st July. It wasn’t until one of the team put this together with a distinct smell of damp wood smoke ...
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Community Spotlight: West Coast Calibration Factor Study
Each time a PurpleAir sensor is installed, and air quality data is uploaded to the PurpleAir Map, the quality and reach of our community increases. In this post, we highlight the results from a ...
News
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Hitachi Energy launches digital wildfire prevention technology for a resilient grid
Hitachi Energy is pioneering a new digital solution designed to improve grid resilience against wildfires. The new Wireless SPU Indicator helps utilities to keep important assets available by enabling remote monitoring and improved maintenance and ...
Equipment & Solutions
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Fuel Stick Sensor for prescribed burn and wildfire operations
The FTS FS-3 electronic fuel stick sensor is commonly deployed on-site near prescribed burn and wildfire operations. The sensor’s output tracks closely with 10-hour fuel moisture, an invaluable indicator of fire behavior. The sensor uses digital compensation and linearization to provide a greater degree of precision and better temperature performance than analog sensors. The FS-3 includes an ...