SOLUTION FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WITH DETAILED INFORMATION USEFUL FOR RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY
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1. An emergency response method comprising:
- detecting a triggering event of an emergency system associated with a building;
changing a security state for a computing system corresponding to the building from a normal state to an emergency state; and
at least one emergency responder being deployed to the building in response to the triggering event, wherein the responder is provided with information associated with the building that is helpful in responding to the triggering event that would be unavailable to the responder when the computing system is in the normal state.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for responding to an emergency event. The method can start when a triggering event is detected by an emergency system inside a building. Next, the security state of a computing system associated with the building can change to indicate the emergency. An emergency responder can then be dispatched to the building to attend to the detected emergency. The emergency responder can be provided with previously unavailable information about the building that is helpful for an effective response to the emergency.
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1. An emergency response method comprising:
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detecting a triggering event of an emergency system associated with a building; changing a security state for a computing system corresponding to the building from a normal state to an emergency state; and at least one emergency responder being deployed to the building in response to the triggering event, wherein the responder is provided with information associated with the building that is helpful in responding to the triggering event that would be unavailable to the responder when the computing system is in the normal state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for assisting emergency responders during an emergency comprising:
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attaching a location sensor to a plurality of living beings, said location sensor permitting a computing system to automatically and dynamically determine a relative location of the living beings within a building; detecting an emergency event related to a building; dispatching at least one emergency responder to the building; and conveying location information of the living beings obtained from the location sensors to a computing device accessible by the emergency responder. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An emergency response system comprising:
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a plurality of location sensors attached to living beings, each of the location sensors including data related to the attached living being; at least one computing device configured to dynamically determine a location within a building of each of the living beings using the location sensors; an emergency detection system configured to detect an emergency related to the building; and at least one mobile device configured to be utilized by an emergency responder, wherein when the emergency detection system detects an emergency related to the building, the mobile device is automatically granted heightened access to information pertaining to the building, wherein the information is automatically provided to the mobile device, the information including at least a portion of the data stored in the location sensors and including a location of the living beings within the building.
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