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The devastating Notre Dame fire and the burnt Brazil national museum have sounded a global alarm bell on the protection of cultural relics. Against such a background, smart firefighting comes in handy to protect human and valuable tangible inheritance from fire destruction.

Smart firefighting provides a new way of integrating fire protection mechanisms, enabling buildings, firefighters, and fire departments to be tuned with the latest fire protection information.

Several Chinese tech companies are dedicated to improving the nation’s firefighting services, as they enable predictive maintenance through sensors and monitor equipment performance and can recognize when repairs are required.

Firefighting facilities are often neglected in regular inspections, most of which are idle, which, in fact, requires more instant monitoring than other devices. For instance, IoT H1 sensors, developed by HotThink, a Chinese firefighting service provider, can consistently monitor the situation and collect data from connected fire devices, using algorithms to inspect firefighting facilities. Once unqualified, replacements can be ordered.

Meanwhile, the cloud platform creates a management system that can aid in fire events when people are highly-connected in an online world. Zhilu Tech, a Chinese IoT service provider, developed a platform that can work more cohesively with firefighters and increase situational awareness while at the fire scene.

Moreover, through analyzing current and historical data, the system can predict the fire heading direction, which will ease the fire department’s workload and generate pragmatic solutions for firefighting.