Hydrant monitoring system and method
AssigneeSilversmith, Inc.
InventorsDavid Silvers, John P. Smith, Troy Van Liere
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Abstract
A device for transferring adverse event information from a plurality of remote hydrants to a municipal monitoring server comprises detecting an adverse event in a hydrant that relates to an adverse hydrant condition; transferring data representative of the adverse condition to a host server by routing the data along a predefined hopping path; and transferring the data from the host monitor to the municipal monitoring server. A system for detecting adverse events at a hydrant and event information to a municipal monitoring sever is also disclosed.
Claims15
A device for detecting adverse events in a fire hydrant, the device comprising:
- a housing configured for mating attachment to an exterior of the fire hydrant, the fire hydrant having a standpipe portion with a standpipe aperture therein, the housing having a surface in register with the standpipe portion of the fire hydrant, the surface having a housing aperture therein, the housing aperture aligned with the standpipe aperture;
- a controller located within the housing;
- a transceiver operably interconnected with the controller, the transceiver adapted to wirelessly transmit data collected by the device to a remote data collection center;
- and
- a plurality of sensors operably interconnected to the controller and positioned with respect to the fire hydrant, the plurality of sensors each configured to detect at least one of a parameter of the fire hydrant or an operational characteristic of the fire hydrant, the plurality of sensors comprising
- a water presence sensor and
- a tampering sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.