A new forest fire monitoring center has been opened in Annaburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. This combines all previous monitoring centers of the federal state at one central point. In addition, the new center will also provide cross-state monitoring.

The IQ FireWatch system on the 15 towers has been extensively modernized in recent years, which is why it is possible for the employees of the forest fire center to monitor even more area using state-of-the-art technology. This means that large forest fires can be prevented in the best possible way in one of the two German states with the statistically highest forest fire risk in Central Europe.