Hayyam Iqbal

Artificial Rain Maryam Al-thani

Hania ElSayed
• Scope: Fires caused in Qatar by
Campfires
• Objective: To create the prototype
of an app which alerts users in
manageable time to put out the fire

Introduction
Fighting Small-Scale Fires: A mobile Alert System for Heat Detection
 Ideation

Droughts

Regulate User
Weather Impacts
Needs
Causes
Fires

Artificial Rain Qatar Campfires

Impacts

• Villaggio mall- 19 people died

• Blast in Doha- 12 people died and 30 injured
• Psychologically affected- fear and anxiety.
• China & Australia- environmental loss
• Short term impacts- destruction of timber, wildfire
habitants and scenic vistas.
• Long term impacts- destruction of community
infrastructure and cultural and economic resources.
 Fire Containment Methods

Fire Retardants
• Purpose- slow the speed of fire
• Components- wetting agents, foaming
chemicals, detergent chemicals
• Disadvantages- Water; runs off fuel,
evaporates, soaks in ground
• Fire retardants or Water?- fire
retardants better during dry conditions,
water on supply
 Fire Containment Methods

Helicopters
• Technique- foam or water
• Cary- 100 to 3000 gallons of water
• Range- 318km to 830km
• Alert- HALTT
• Cost- $14,000 a day, $4200 an hour
• Advantage- accessible to remote areas
• Disadvantage- crashes, malfunction
 Fire Containment Methods

Air Tankers- Fixed Wing Aircraft

• Technique- throws flame retardants
• Purpose- limits spread
• Cary- 7200 gallons, covers 4 acres
• Cost- $32,000 a day, $6,300 an hour
• Advantage- twice as effective as water
• Disadvantage- can’t be stationary
• Better solution- Helicopters: cheaper
 Fire Containment Methods

UAVs- China
• Technique- seeds cloud; artificial rain
• Cary- 50kgs for 125-150 minutes
• Range- 200km-300km
• Cost- $150 million, 5 years, 55 billion
tons of rain every year
• Advantage- evacuation, urgent response
• Disadvantage- toxic seeding agents,
battery, communication, weather
 Fire Containment Methods

Weather Balloons
• Technique- lifts and sprays silver iodide
• Purpose- rain
• Cary- 200 grams
• Cost- $1380 for 200 grams
• Advantage- safer, 20% boost in Saudi
Arabia
• Disadvantage- hurricane, hale
 User Needs & Factors

• Factors- arson, campfires, lit cigarettes,

equipment failure, fireworks, etc.
• Qatari citizens faced wildfires- burning
wood or useless resources
• Uncontained- windy, oxygen, far from
capital; 25 minutes to Mukiynes.
• Civil defense- rules and regulations, sends
fire trucks, fire reporter automatically
located.
• Silver Iodide • App
 Less  English/
harmful Arabic
• Weather  Immediate
Balloons  Android/
 200g Windows
 Location  Usage

Design Constraints
Thank You!