The Haukanken early fire warning system was developed by INVAP for the province of Río Negro, Argentina. It is a system meant for the remote, full time monitoring of places where mixed fire events are frequent, mostly in the borders of wood ecosystems and human settlements. It may also operate in other situations, ranging from urban sprawl to remote and unpopulated wildernesses covered by wood, shrub or grassland. Haukanken means “place of the fire” in aboriginal shelknam language..

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