Bushfire wildlife alert | November 28, 2023 | Illawarra Mercury
Avalon Jankowski, a year three student from Tarrawanna Public School explains how her 'wildlife alert project' works using a hairdryer to replicate a bushfire. She secured third place in the NSW Year 3-4 category of the Young ICT Explorers competition. Video by Marlene Even
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00:00 This is my wildfire alert.
00:02 It goes on the tree like a watch.
00:06 This part will have like the thing to connect it,
00:10 like a rope or something around it.
00:12 It has to be not too high on the tree, but not too low.
00:16 This is the circuit that makes it go off.
00:18 When it senses a high heat and smoke,
00:23 it will do a loud alarm to scare off all the animals
00:26 and the rural community in the area that there's a fire.
00:29 Then it will send a silent alarm to SES and fire services.
00:34 The reason why I'm doing this is because, you see,
00:38 fires can get out of hand.
00:41 And I've seen on the news that there's been fires,
00:44 like big ones, that's ruined people's homes and that.
00:47 But this way it can also warm the community by helping.
00:52 See this?
00:53 This is a normal place where there are houses
00:56 and animals and people.
00:58 And then there's a fire.
00:59 This could burn down trees,
01:02 hurt animals and burn down houses.
01:05 But then this comes in handy for it.
01:08 This circuit is programmed to help with it.
01:11 Any questions?
01:12 This is going to represent the fire, the hairdryer.
01:18 When the fire gets hot, it's going to represent that.
01:21 (hairdryer whirring)
01:27 (fire roaring)
01:30 (electronic beeping)
01:33 [BLANK_AUDIO]