An indoor fire detection system might have optical sensors that look for smoke, thermal sensors that detect rising temperatures, and sensors for CO and CO 2 gas. Photoelectric smoke detectors use a ...

The sensors used in multisensor detectors are not new, but rather the combination of them in a unified package allows for greater accuracy in fire detection. (Photo courtesy Johnson Controls.) ...

With the California fire season looming in early summer, Startup Torch Systems today is launching early-stage outdoor fire and wildfire detection sensors that continuously monitor an area for signs of ...

Startup Pyri believes its lightweight fire detectors can give vulnerable communities an invaluable head start in the race to escape or contain blazes.

The team printed the substances onto ordinary paper to create a sensor for just $0.40, as described in June in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. On supporting science journalism ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Torch, a solutions provider for early-stage outdoor fire detection, today announced the launch and preorder availability of its low-cost comprehensive solution for ...

Fire detection sensors are being placed around Maui and other Hawaiian islands to respond more quickly when wildfires break out, Gov. Josh Green announced Friday.

A forest fire sensor for the detection of smoke gases from the company Dryad Networks hangs on a pine tree in a forest. (Picture Alliance/Getty Images) By Allyson Chiu.