Barnard Microsystems Limited

from Hamamatsu News 2007 Vol 2

Applications

• Detect the start of a forest fire, or, a fire near a building
• Detect someone lighting a cigarette (where they should not be lighting a cigarette)
• Detect the start of a fire on an Unmanned Aircraft

The "UVtron" from Hamamatsu is a small and inexpensive fire detector that can detect someone lighting a cigarette from 5m in full sunlight. The Hamamatsu R1723-01 is a high sensitivity UVtron.

Above and below from Hamamatsu News 2007 Volume 2.