I.J. Information Engineering and Electronic Business, 2022, 3, 1-9
Published Online June 2022 in MECS (http://www.mecs-press.org/)
DOI: 10.5815/ijieeb.2022.03.01
Copyright © 2022 MECS I.J. Information Engineering and Electronic Business, 2022, 3, 1-9
Android Based Forest Fire Monitoring System
Reza Andrea
Software Engineering Technology, Polytechnic of Agricultural, Samarinda, 17131, Indonesia
E-mail: reza@politanisamarinda.ac.id
Ade Irma Wahyuni, Nur Fadila Safitri and Supryani
Software Engineering Technology, Polytechnic of Agricultural, Samarinda, 17131, Indonesia
E-mail: adeirmawahyuni321@gmail.com, nurfadila4747@gmail.com, snsebatik@gmail.com
Received: 08 February 2022; Accepted: 16 April 2022; Published: 08 June 2022
Abstract: Forest fires are burning areas of forest or land in large or small areas. Forest fires are often uncontrollable
and when this happens, the fire will burn anything nearby for two reasons, one of which is burning naturally or burning
caused by humans. One of the man-made fires deliberate by humans is the burning used by the community around the
forest to open or clear agricultural or plantation land. The community feels that clearing land with fire does not require a
long time and is more economical, if the use of fire is not used properly it can cause the forest to burn. Forest fires in
Riau area are still classified as minimal or fires rarely occur. However, the community is at least aware of the forest
fires in Riau due to a lack of media information about where the fire hotspots occurred. With this application, it can help
the public to better know where the hotspots have been burned. This application consists of 2 levels of access, namely:
admin and user. For admins and users, the manufacturing process uses the Android Studio application with Java as the
programming language, this application uses Firebase as its database to find out the location of fire hotspots using the
Google Maps API. Testing on the application is created to test whether the application has run as desired. Test results
using white box testing method.
Index Terms: Monitoring, Fire, Android, Firebase, Google Maps.
1. Introduction
Forest fires are the burning of forest areas or land, both in large and small areas. Forest fires are often out of
control, if this happens, forest fires will burn whatever is in the vicinity and spread to the wind. There are two causes of
fires occur, namely natural fires and fires caused by humans. One of the human-caused fires is the burning of
communities around the forest to reclaim or clear agricultural land or artificial forests. The community believes that the
use of fire to clear land will not take long and is more economical, if a fire is not used properly it can cause forest fires.
In recent years, many cases of forest fires have been reported, and we see them in various media or our daily lives,
including electronic media and newspaper media [1]. These fires can occur anywhere, whether they occur in buildings,
residential areas, shopping centers, or forests. The causes of these fires are very diverse, for example, people who
accidentally throw cigarette butts or intentionally burn forests can cause widespread fires. Many losses are experienced
by the community due to a lack of awareness of the dangers of fire. Losses due to fire accidents are thick smoke and
even death due to fire. One way to monitor or monitor forest fires is by using a GIS application [2]. GIS (Geographic
Information System) is a computer-based information system that is used to process and store geographic data or
information. GIS can be used to identify disaster-prone areas, especially forest fires. Forest fires in the Riau area are
prone to fires or frequent fires. However, the community is minimally aware of the existence of forest fires in the
vicinity because of the lack of information media about where the hotspots of forest fires occur. This application, it can
help the people of Samboja to better know where the location of the forest fire occurred. GIS (Geographic Information
System) is a computer-based information system that is used to process and store geographic data or information. GIS
can be used to identify disaster-prone areas, especially forest fires. Forest fires in the Riau area are prone to fires or
frequent fires. However, the community is minimally aware of the existence of forest fires in the vicinity because of the
lack of information media about where the hotspots of forest fires occur. This application, it can help the people of
Samboja to better know where the location of the forest fire occurred One of the human-caused fires is the burning of
communities around the forest to reclaim or clear agricultural land or artificial forests. The community believes that the
use of fire to clear land will not take long and is more economical.