This report provides Transforma Insights’ view on the ‘Public Alarms and Monitors’ IoT market. This segment primarily focuses on gunshot detectors, automated emergency responses, and public warning systems.
Gun violence is a major concern in many countries. Homicides and mass shootings are rising and many of them are not being reported to the authorities. IoT-based solutions are being implemented to combat this situation and they ensure that gunshot incidents are accurately reported to the concerned authorities. Authorities are also using IoT solutions to alert citizens about impending disasters, such as earthquakes. While most gunshot detection solutions work using a Wi-Fi Mesh network, public alarms frequently make use of LPWA and cellular technologies to alert citizens about potential upcoming hazards.
The report provides a detailed definition of the sector, an analysis of market development, and profiles of the key vendors in the space. It also provides a summary of the current status of adoption and Transforma Insights’ ten-year forecasts for the market. The forecasts include analysis of the number of IoT connections by geography, the technologies used and revenue.
A full set of forecast data, including country-level forecasts, sector breakdowns and public/private network splits, is available through the IoT Forecast tool.
The report examines key factors that are influencing the development of the Public Alarms & Monitors market, including:
This section of the report first discusses how public alarm and monitoring IoT systems are used for public safety. For instance, these systems can also communicate potential threats or natural disasters to citizens enabling them to take necessary measures to get to safety. It then argues that gun violence is the principal source of demand for public monitoring systems, since the number of gun-related violence is quite high, and the number of reported incidents is astonishingly low. It explains how IoT-based solutions are implemented to combat this situation, their working mechanism, and how they have succeeded in making a difference. It also discusses some of the major issues like the cost of deploying and operating these sensors and budgetary issues for governments, which can negatively impact their deployment. It then explains that despite issues like the high cost of deployment and budgetary constraints for various governments, countries like the US, Uruguay, Brazil, and South Africa are actively deploying these solutions to combat crimes. For instance, SoundThinking (formerly, ShotSpotter had deployed more than 25,000 sensors in various countries, covering over 1,076 square miles, by the end of 2024.
This section of the report first explains that authorities are also using IoT to alert citizens of impending disasters (such as earthquakes) to ensure their safety and allow them to take appropriate action. For instance, Japan deployed an Earthquake Early Warning system in 2007, that provides advanced announcements of the estimated seismic intensity and arrival time of earthquake tremors, enabling people to remove themselves from dangerous environments. It then explains how in addition to such dedicated systems, smart billboards, digital signage, and even smartphones can be deployed for the same purpose. For instance, in India, the state-run telecom research and development organisation C-DoT has launched a pan-India disaster alert system using 4G and 5G technologies that has already transmitted 3.4 billion messages to people in their local languages to alert them about earthquakes, heavy rains, and flooding.
It then discusses how dedicated flood warning systems are also being used to provide real-time flood alerts through websites, SMS, and mobile apps. For example, a flood warning system in Brisbane River in Australia provides alerts for every millimetre of rainfall and every 30 millimetre rise in water. This section also provides a few examples of relevant IoT deployments in this application, including Anderson Police deploying 175 gunshot detectors in Anderson and the Ministry of the Interior in Uruguay deploying ShotSpotter technology for better public safety.
The key vendors section lists some of the main providers of products and services related to the market, such as Flock Safety, Halo smart sensor by Motorola, SoundThinking, Shooter Detection Systems, and Telegrafia. The report provides profiles of the various vendors including aspects most relevant to this Application Group, such as product offerings, pricing, financial results, and technology.
In the market forecasts section, we provide a summary of the Public Alarms & Monitors forecasts from the Transforma Insights IoT Forecast Database:
The report charts the growth in the number of public alarms and monitors, which will grow from 1.3 million connections in 2024 to 2.8 million connections by the end of 2034.
Transforma Insights forecasts are compiled on a country-by-country basis. This report includes a regional summary, showing splits between Australasia, Greater China, North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America, MENA, Russia & Central Asia, South East Asia, South Korea, India & South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Transforma Insights’ IoT forecasts include splits between the various connectivity technologies as follows: 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G mMTC, 5G non-mMTC, LPWA (non-mMTC), Satellite, Short Range, and Other.
This section discusses which technologies will be used in the public alarms & monitors application group.
This part of the report discusses the market growth in terms of revenue (module revenue, service wrap revenue, and VAC revenue). Transforma Insights estimates that the revenue in the Public Alarms & Monitors Application Group will grow at a CAGR of 8%.
