SAFE WARN BUILDING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A method of alerting building occupants within a building to hazards, the method comprising:
- locating a hazard within the building as function of signals received from one or more sensors within the building;
locating one or more building occupants as a function of wireless signal communications with RF tags carried on the building occupants; and
alerting the occupants to the hazard as a function of a location of the occupants relative to the hazard.
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Abstract
A method and system for building safe warn. The building safe warn generally related to warning or otherwise alerting building occupants to hazards or other conditions in the building. The warnings may be generated as a function of occupant positioning with the building and/or the location of a hazard so as to facilitate safely evacuating the occupants from the building. The location of the occupants may be reported to emergency response entities to facilitate occupant discovery and rescue.
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1. A method of alerting building occupants within a building to hazards, the method comprising:
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locating a hazard within the building as function of signals received from one or more sensors within the building; locating one or more building occupants as a function of wireless signal communications with RF tags carried on the building occupants; and alerting the occupants to the hazard as a function of a location of the occupants relative to the hazard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A safety system for use in a building having a number of occupants, the system comprising:
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a number of wireless devices carried on occupants for use in locating the occupants; one or more alarms within the building for sensing occurrence of one more predefined safety related events; and a controller in communication with the wireless devices and the one or more alarms, the controller configured to automatically generate an evacuation strategy to facilitate safely exiting the occupants from the building, the evacuation strategy being determined at least in part as a function of the location of the occupants and the alarms. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A safety system for use in a building having a number of occupants, the system comprising:
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a number of wireless devices carried on occupants for use in locating the occupants; and a number of stationary nodes positioned throughout the building, the nodes forming mesh network for communication with the wireless devices, wherein each nodded is configured to automatically generate an evacuation strategy to facilitate safely exiting the occupants from the building, the evacuation strategy being determined at least in part as a function of the location of the occupants. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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