The flexibility GROMA247 was missing

GROMA247 Branderkennung GmbH grew out of an engineering office specialising in early fire detection, and the technology has the awards to show for it: the Edison Prize for Innovation and the 120 Sekunden Business Idea Award. Their 5A infrared camera system tells a genuine fire source from a false alarm even under extreme heat. None of which helps when the shredding operation moves to the other end of the site and the cameras stay where they were installed.

100% Coverage across all shredding zones
July 2025 Operational and effective since
Zero New fixed installations per location
Fewer False alarms, downtime and operational cost
 

Detection Needs

GROMA247 Branderkennung GmbH

Early fire detection, founded 2017

Location Austria
Industry Fire Protection
Project Waste Management Sites

What you can take from this

  • How a detection specialist kept its own technology and changed only the mounting
  • Why each tower works better as an independent hub than as part of one system
  • What mast height does for infrared detection over a working site
  • How site-independent monitoring became something they could sell

The Challenge

At several waste management sites, shredding operations move frequently between areas. Fixed surveillance made it impossible to maintain consistent fire monitoring. GROMA247 needed a mobile detection solution that could travel with the process and deliver the same precision and reliability as a permanent installation.

The Process Moves, the Camera Does Not

Shredding shifts between areas as material arrives. Traditional fixed installations could not guarantee full coverage once operations moved on.

Precision Cannot Be Compromised

A mobile solution was only worth having if it detected as accurately as the permanent version. Shredding produces heat of its own, and false alarms cost credibility.

Downtime and Infrastructure Cost

Rebuilding an installation for every location meant costly downtime and infrastructure changes each time. Clients were paying for the same capability twice.

One Client, Several Sites

Operations run across multiple waste management sites. Whatever GROMA247 offered had to hold the same standard on all of them, not only the well-equipped ones.

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What They Built

By integrating their 5A1 infrared detection unit with a mobile tower platform, GROMA247 created a self-contained, relocatable system. Each unit can operate as an independent detection hub with one or two cameras, built-in evaluation electronics and its own data transfer. The mast allows optimal height placement, quick redeployment and full autonomy, powered via local grid connection with optional UPS backup. In their own words, the combination of their 5A detection technology and the platform created the flexibility they had been missing.

5A1 Infrared Detection

Their own sensors, one or two cameras per unit

Optimal Height Placement

Telescopic mast set to the zone it watches

Evaluation On Board

Electronics and data transfer in every tower

Independent Hub

No dependency on a neighbouring installation

Grid With UPS Option

Local supply, backup where continuity matters

Redeployed, Not Rebuilt

Moves to the next zone without infrastructure work
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A Real Game-Changer for On-Site Safety

Since July 2025 the solution has been operational and has proven highly effective in preventing fires and protecting critical assets. The commercial effect matters as much as the safety one: GROMA247 can now offer customers flexible, site-independent safety monitoring, with a reduction in false alarms, operational costs and downtime. Every tower functions as a scalable, upgradeable system, tailored to what the client needs on it.

“With TelescopicMast, we can position our fire-detection system wherever it is needed without rebuilding infrastructure. It gives us the flexibility and reliability that our clients expect from GROMA247.”
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Markus Groiss, Founder and CEO
GROMA247 Branderkennung GmbH

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