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06.02.2009
Storm Siren with Wake-up Function
e*Message, the specialist in alerting solutions, presented a so-called “storm siren” on Bremerhaven’s 4th Storm Congress. The new device uses a warning module equipped with the necessary wake-up function.
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The Fraunhofer Institute (ISST) and e*Message are currently field testing the system aimed at early alerting in case of extreme weather.
Storms and extreme temperatures are ever more frequent in our latitudes. According to statistics, twice as much natural disasters occurred in Germany in the last ten years if compared with previous decades. The catastrophes caused casualties and millions of euros of damage. The problem is: how to alert the public in due time in case of storm, tempest or flood? This is particularly difficult at night or in case of power blackout. e*Message presented an appropriate solution on the 4th Storm Congress held in Bremerhaven on 19 and 20 February 2009. The novel “storm siren” provides nation-wide coverage for warning the public rapidly and efficiently in case of imminent local, regional or national disaster.
Rapid warning in case of storm, hurricane, thunderstorm or black ice
In case of lightning, hailing, storm, snow, intensive rain or black ice, the “storm siren” alerts the public in due time—everywhere in Germany. The technology uses a low-cost module with low power consumption (e*WM) that can be integrated into nearly every electronic device to make it an “intelligent siren”. The alert message is acoustic, alphanumeric or transferred to another device for further processing. The new warning module requires no SIM card and is totally independent from telephone networks. Moreover, it is distinctively more precise, flexible and efficient than conventional sirens. The technology uses e*Message’s satellite-based data broadcast network with nation-wide coverage and thus remains operational even under extreme conditions.
Fraunhofer Institute and e*Message are performing field test
e*Message’s early warning technology is part of the SAFE project (Sensor-Aktor-gestütztes Frühwarnsystem bei Extremwetter) run by the Fraunhofer Institute (ISST). Both entities are currently field testing the technology in schools, kindergartens and other buildings in a rural district (Mering, Bavaria) and a chemical plant (Wacker Chemie Burghausen). A noted weather service provides the required weather information.
e*Message has been a market leader for alerting technology and an expert for weather information transfer since several years. In 2005, the company successfully launched the “wetter.de” pager developed in collaboration with RTL. Two years latter, e*Message introduced for the first time ever satellite-based home weather stations with reports for the next six days—and sold more than one million devices in Germany and France. Storm warning modules could be easily integrated into such weather stations.
Within just a few months, e*WM modules could also be integrated into smoke detectors and transmit alert messages to appropriate addressees. The technology can even be used to warn the public in specific areas, down to the house number, without any prior definition of warning regions, and with high independence of power mains. It is thus suitable for warning the public specifically and 24 hours a day, as it provides the necessary wake-up function.
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