Wireless air quality measurement deployed to crisis areas in Israel

A new air quality measurement module is to be deployed to crisis areas in Israel to monitor the air after serious incidents, such as fires or explosions.

AirBase Systems have launched a new system that is battery powered and can measure levels of several noxious elements as well as immediately transmitting the data to an Internet collection base. This makes the kits particularly useful during large-scale accidents such as fires or factory explosions, in which plants suddenly emit high volumes of dangerous pollutants into the air.

Irad Kuhnreich, founder and CEO of AirBase Systems, said: “Dense cities are delicate places.

“Any pollution event can develop very easily into a serious health risk to the people. The capability of the emergency forces to manage the situation properly is based on real-time data from the city’s streets – and this is exactly what we have to offer at a price that is even lower than a regular, old-fashioned monitoring station.”

The ability to transmit air quality data from the scene in real time can save lives in many cases, and many of the systems have already been deployed in the country to achieve this task. There is also interest in the system from across the globe, highlighting the need to accurate data from disaster scenes.

Posted by Claire Manning