Wireless remote monitoring of critical facilities

A Remote Area Modular Monitoring (RAMM) apparatus for monitoring environment parameters of critical facilities comprising:

• a central processor unit;
• a battery power supply coupled to said central processor unit;
• a plurality of sensors monitoring respective environment parameters;
• a wired Ethernet connection providing a normal mode of communication transmitting one or more monitored environment parameters and providing a normal mode of power to keep the battery power supply charged by Power-over-Ethernet (PoE);
• a housing containing said central processor unit, said battery power supply, said wired Ethernet connection and at least some of said plurality of sensors, and said housing being prepositioned at a selected strategic location for monitoring the respective environment parameters in a critical facility;
• a wireless sensor network (WSN) platform including multiple wireless modules contained in said housing for controllably transmitting one or more monitored environment parameters;
• said central processor switching to said wireless sensor network (WSN) platform with said at least one of said multiple wireless modules being powered by said battery power supply and controlled by said central processor for operating on said wireless sensor network (WSN) platform responsive to a disruptive event in said critical facility.