A 13-year old boy from Tamil Nadu Invents a Low Cost Fire Sensor cum Extinguisher to Save People

Sivakasi's little fire extinguisher inventor feted

TNN | Feb 28, 2016, 03.11 AM IST

Bengaluru: "I wanted my mother to be safe, mothers of my classmates to be safe and the society I was living in to be safe."

That's the driving force for Jayakumar, the 13-year-old inventor of a low-cost fire extinguisher from Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. He was felicitated by Beyond Carlton on Saturday for his innovation.

His mother, a daily labourer, earns about Rs 200 every day at a firework factory at Jaminselvarpatti in Sivakasi. Jayakumar said the idea to invent a fire extinguisher struck him when his mother was injured in a fire mishap a few years ago.

Jayakumar, a class 9 student of the government high school, said his science teacher Karunai Das not only encouraged him in his invention, but also provided him with money required to make the device.

He also said the device works on a heat sensor triggering a series of activities, including a sound alert and water being sprayed on the fire within seconds from an overhead tank. Karunaidas said his student has invented a LPG gas leak indicator and was felicitated under the RMSA Abhiyan of the Union government.

Humanity, contentment in life important

Delivering the sixth Carlton Memorial Lecture on 'The Need for Social Values in Governance', Justice N Santhosh Hegde, former Lokayukta, said contentment in file and humanism are the two important aspects in life which the future generation should keep in mind. There's no treatment for greed," he added.

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Well done and great work by the little boy. Necessity is the mother of all inventions and the young boy has great future!Vsgr

Speaking about corruption, he said that during the early years of independence, the scam figures were around Rs 52 lakh but it's Rs 176 lakh crore in the 2G scam. "It is akin to Buddha asking a woman to bring mustard from a house where no death has occurred to give life back to her dead son. Corruption has spread to every walk of life," Justice Hedge said.

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A 13-year old boy from Tamil Nadu Invents a Low Cost Fire Sensor cum Extinguisher to Save People

Admin 1/02/2016 Safety

Each and every day, fire extinguishers save lives and protect property and are a critical component of a balanced fire protection plan - both at home and at work. Fire extinguishers can be a small but important device to protect life of people during emergency. It can save lives and property by putting out a small fire or suppressing it until the fire department arrives.

In past, many fire extinguisher robots or devices have been invented by students to help people during fire emergency. One more invention from a 13-year old boy in Tamil Nadu has come out with an innovative and low-cost fire sensor cum extinguisher device which can douse the flames immediately in the case of any mishap. 

The idea of inventing this device came from the loss of life due to fire accident in cracker units at Sivakasi.

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Hailing from a poor family with his mother, a daily labourer at a firework factory at Jaminselvarpatti in Sivakasi, having got injured in a similar mishap few years ago, Jayakumar decided to find a solution to the recurring problem of explosions in the cracker factories.

So as he was strapped for cash, Jayakumar, who is studying in the ninth standard in a government high school, found a messiah in the form of his science teacher , who not only encouraged him in his invention, but also provided him with the funds required to make the device.

An elated Jayakumar immediately started working on his dream project and after a month of toil, he came out with the system, which detects and extinguishes flame. 

It could be offered by many small fire work establishment in and around Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, country's nerve center, that produces 90 per cent of country's cracker requirement every year. 

Jayakumar’s small but important invention fetched him the honor when he was presented with national award for recognizing his efforts in trying to mitigate such fire eventualities. Jayakumar outlined the working of the device. According to him, the system comprises, fire sensor, alarm, circuit board, which is connected to the sump motor, as reported by Deccan Herald.

Isn't really an excellent cost effective Invention from Jayakumar to save life of people? We must encourage kids for generating more innovative ideas in future.