OneEvent recently demonstrated its OnePrevent system in action for the Verona Fire Department and Mount Horeb Area Joint Fire Department during a planned burn —the company’s fourth — of a farmhouse near the town of Verona.
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- A farmhouse near the town of Verona, Wis., is prepped for a planned burn by the Verona and Mount Horeb Area Joint fire departments. oneEvent Technologies’ OneEvent® System has been installed in the home.
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- Firefighters from the Verona and Mount Horeb Area Joint fire departments prepare an old farmhouse for a planned burn. oneEvent’s OneEvent® System has been installed in the home to track conditions leading up to the burn until it’s completed.
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- Verona and Mount Horeb Area Joint fire departments firefighters assess conditions prior to a planned burn of a farmhouse near the town of Verona, Wis. The house is equipped with oneEvent’s OneEvent® System to track conditions throughout the burn.
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- oneEvent President & CEO Kurt Wedig (right) talks to Verona Fire Department Deputy Chief Jeffrey Boughton about the OneEvent® System.
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- A farmhouse near the town of Verona, Wis., is burned to demonstrate oneEvent’s OneEvent® System capabilities for south central Wisconsin fire departments.
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- Some members of the OneEvent Technologies team monitor a planned burn of a farmhouse equipped with the company’s onePrevent system.
Installation of the system’s sensors and gateway device in the home allows firefighters to better understand OneEvent’s capabilities, and how it works to monitor and alert when dangerous conditions develop. At the first sign of increasing temperature, the system sent notifications that in a real fire situation would have allowed the property owner or occupants to act in hopes of preventing smoke damage or a fire.
Before the burn, the home was completely emptied and all windows shuttered to prevent shattering glass from injuring firefighters and bystanders. However, the fire departments used a process called “burn loading” — scattering straw, cardboard and pallets throughout the home to replace normal home furnishings like draperies and clothing, mimicking a real fire setting.
The OneEvent® System captured all the data from the time the components were installed until the burn was completed. In a real fire situation, fire investigators or insurance companies could access this sensor-measured data to determine where a fire began, when and likely why.
OneEvent’s OneEvent® System will soon be available for commercial building installation in Dane, Walworth, Rock and Dodge counties in Wisconsin. For more information about installation or investment opportunities, call 608.577.2150.