| The timeline of a success story |
| 1996 |
Start of the project, first component developments and tests |
| 1997 |
EU tender of the German Forest Authorities for an autonomous monitoring system |
| 1998 |
Successful official test with DLR technology, authorization of DLR to establish a pilot system |
| 1999 |
Test installation on three towers in Brandenburg, Germany |
| 1999-2000 |
Pilot surveillance parallel with fire spotters |
| 2001 |
Tender won against five participating rival applicants |
| from 2001 |
Start of the serial production of FireWatch and first installations in Germany |
| from 2003 |
International pilot projects |
| 2007 |
5 FireWatch systems in Estonia |
| 2008 |
1 FireWatch system in Mexico |
| 2009 |
2 FireWatch systems in Cyprus |
| 2009 |
Endangered German forests are nearly completely monitored by 177 FireWatch systems |
| 2010 |
Pilot Installation in Australia - 6 sensor systems |
| 2010 |
Tender in Lithuania with 83 FireWatch systems won |
| 2011-2013 |
Installation in Lithuania |
| 2011 |
Tender in Kazakhstan with 8 FireWatch systems won |
OSS generations |
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