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:
- preparing for the building incident by;
electronically and manually collecting information relevant to a building, people associated with the building, personnel relationships of the people to the building, and surroundings of the building;
automatically creating data relationships among elements of the information; and
creating an electronic floor plan based on the information, wherein the electronic floor plan includes electronic links based on the data relationships and the personnel relationships;
storing the electronic floor plan on a computer-readable medium; and
responding to the building incident by;
determining a course of action with respect to the building based on the building incident;
automatically instructing the people associated with the building to take actions with respect to the building based on the course of action and the personnel relationships;
accepting automatic and manual changes to the information;
automatically modifying the electronic floor plan based on the changes; and
automatically re-establishing the electronic links in the electronic floor plan according to the changes.
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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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13 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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preparing for the building incident by; electronically and manually collecting information relevant to a building, people associated with the building, personnel relationships of the people to the building, and surroundings of the building; automatically creating data relationships among elements of the information; and creating an electronic floor plan based on the information, wherein the electronic floor plan includes electronic links based on the data relationships and the personnel relationships; storing the electronic floor plan on a computer-readable medium; and responding to the building incident by; determining a course of action with respect to the building based on the building incident; automatically instructing the people associated with the building to take actions with respect to the building based on the course of action and the personnel relationships; accepting automatic and manual changes to the information; automatically modifying the electronic floor plan based on the changes; and automatically re-establishing the electronic links in the electronic floor plan according to the changes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for preparing for and responding to a building incident comprising:
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a collector that collects characteristic information and relationship information about a building; a linkage controller that creates 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; an operations controller that provides said linked characteristic information in a predetermined format; and an information modifier that allows modification to existing said characteristic information and existing said relationship information, wherein said information modifier accesses said relationship builder to recreate said linked characteristic information. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. 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 in the building; photographing pre-determined parts of the building; identifying personnel related to the building; linking the photographs and the personnel to the floor plan; providing the linked information in a pre-determined format; receiving changes to existing of the photographed pre-determined locations in the building; receiving changes to existing of the photographed pre-determined parts of the building; receiving changes to existing of the personnel related to the building; linking the changed photographs to the changed statistics; providing the changed linked information in the pre-determined format; and managing the incident based on the changed link information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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