System and method for automated building incident response
First Claim
1. A method for preparing for and responding to a building incident comprising the steps of:
- collecting a plurality of components of characteristic information about a building;
collecting relationship information about the building;
interrelating the plurality of components of the characteristic information through the relationship information to create linked characteristic information; and
providing the linked characteristic information in a pre-determined format.
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Abstract
A system and method for characterizing a building'"'"'s (or building complex'"'"'s) components, including all important entrances, egresses, and stairwells, collecting demographic information associated with locating people in a building, evacuating the building, and rescuing people still left in the building, etc., linking the building'"'"'s components and demographic information to each other, and providing this information to authenticated users. The data can be made available through an internet connection, through a hand-held device, etc. Emergency workers and others can easily perform tasks such as directing building evacuation, dispatching other workers such as utility workers, and notifying neighbors, because the building'"'"'s location, floor plan, emergency contacts, etc. are electronically interrelated.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for preparing for and responding to a building incident comprising the steps of:
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collecting a plurality of components of characteristic information about a building;
collecting relationship information about the building;
interrelating the plurality of components of the characteristic information through the relationship information to create linked characteristic information; and
providing the linked characteristic information in a pre-determined format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18)
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7. A system for preparing for and responding to a building incident comprising:
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a collector capable of collecting characteristic information and relationship information about a building;
a linkage controller capable of creating links among a plurality of components of said characteristic information through use of said relationship information, said links and said characteristic information forming linked characteristic information; and
an operations controller capable of providing said linked characteristic information in a pre-determined format. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for configuring a system for preparing for and managing an incident in a building comprising the steps of:
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verifying a floor plan for the building;
photographing pre-determined locations parts of the building;
collecting statistics related to the building;
linking the photographs and the statistics to the floor plan; and
providing the linked information in a pre-determined format. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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