THE PREVISTORM LIGHTNING PREVENTION SYSTEM PROVIDES REAL TIME THUNDERSTORM EVOLUTION AND LIGHTNING DETECTION (IEC STANDARD: 62793:2020)
Why install a Previstorm®?
Real-time storm warning system
1. Thunderstorm detection: The Previstorm is used to monitor and detect atmospheric electrical activity and prevent the risk of lightning strikes in real-time.
2. Alerts and notifications: Previstorm allows you to set up risk alerts and notify the degree of danger of lightning strikes. These alerts can be sent via various means, such as text messages, e-mails, or mobile apps, to decide in good time whether to activate the necessary safety measures to prevent accidents, and material and service losses.
3. Integration with control systems: For more comprehensive protection, storm detection systems can be integrated with other enterprise control and security systems, such as building management systems, automatic equipment shutdown systems, or power backup systems. This allows for an automated and coordinated response to the detection of a thunderstorm.
Why do you need a Thunderstorm Warning System?
The information on imminent lightning strikes makes it possible to activate the safety protocols of each sector in advance to minimize the damage that may be caused by this devastating natural phenomenon and ensure the integrity of people and installations and guarantee the continuity of service and avoid production losses.
The different storm detection systems are categorized in the IEC 62793:2020 standard.
In which situations is it necessary to anticipate a lightning strike?
All sectors and groups may eventually need a preventive system against lightning for proper and safe functionality, but here we highlight some situations of risk.
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Energy (nuclear power plants, wind farms, solar farms ...)
They can isolate specific areas of their supply network to prevent damage to the electrical system and not lose their service.
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Industry (hazardous materials, chemical industry, automated factories ...)
Failure to activate safety protocols can have a strong impact on production and especially on the safety of structures, and automated systems as well as serious environmental damage. Outdoors (Theme parks, golf courses, football fields, agricultural areas, livestock, or fisheries ...)
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Infrastructure (hospitals, schools, data centers, telecommunications ...)
Damage or power outage on their networks can be very serious to the quality of its services, the continuity must be guaranteed or may occur injury to persons (people). -
Transport (airports, seaports, trains, railways ...)
Anticipation is key to managing their transportation and the full operation of their infrastructure, particularly in terms of fuel or hazardous materials.
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Security (police, firefighters, governments, municipalities, civil or environmental protection ...)
Having lightning risk warnings can be key to the safety of regions, forest areas, or settlements.
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Sectors of information (Data centers, scientific centers, communications infrastructures, etc.).
The information on the evolution of the storm and the warning of the possibility of lightning strikes in strategic locations allow the necessary preventive measures to be managed to guarantee the service of essential activities.
Possible preventive measures
The resulting preventive actions knowledge of lightning and/or possible surges resulting from the electrification of storms depend on the location and characteristics of the infrastructure and the activity performed in it, but here we show you some examples of measures preventive (preventive measures):
Notice to facility workers or risky activities.
Activation of auxiliary power systems.
Disconnecting sensitive systems.
Evacuation areas are prone to lightning strikes.