Lightning can cause significant damage to business activities and also poses a real threat to individuals. However, the risk to business and individuals from lightning strikes can be significantly minimized through recognition of the risk from lightning and an effective strategy to minimise these risks.

Areas of particular concern include:

• Mining applications- Drill and blast crews
• Airports
• Prisons
• Hospitals
• Data centres
• Explosive storage facilities
• Defence departments
• Outdoors sports
• Mine workers
• Rail workers
• Pipeline workers
• Electrical workers
• Office workers who use fixed line telephone headsets

Vaisala Thunderstorm Local Lightning Sensor TSS928

Vaisala TSS928 provides superior performance in local-area lightning tracking. Lightning-sensitive operations rely on TSS928 to provide critical local lightning threat information to take advance precautions, initiate safety procedures, and isolate equipment with full confidence. Vaisala's patented lightning algorithms give TSS928 the most precise ranging of any stand-alone lightning detection sensor available in the world today.