Method and apparatus for responder accounting
First Claim
1. A method for accounting for responders from a plurality of public safety agencies, including at least a firefighting agency and one other public safety agency, at a site, comprising:
- clearing an active responder database associated with the site;
obtaining a first RFID from a portable responder radio that has been scanned by a mobile RFID reader when arriving in a vicinity of the site, the portable responder radio associated to one of the plurality of public safety agencies;
determining, by using the first RFID, a responder identity from a RFID database that associates each one of a plurality of responder identities to a corresponding responder radio RFID;
automatically adding at least one of the responder identity and the first RFID to the active responder database for the site;
initiating an acknowledgement to the portable responder radio that indicates that the responder identity has been added to the active responder database;
obtaining a third RFID before obtaining a second RFID, wherein the third RFID was obtained from an RFID scanning of a responder radio that was performed in a vicinity of a sub-site location; and
associating the sub-site location with the responder identity when the third RFID matches the first RFID;
sending a command from a base station radio to the responder radio that automatically channel steers the radio to a channel that is associated with the sub-site location when the third RFID matches the first RFID;
obtaining the second RFID from the portable responder radio that has been scanned when leaving in the vicinity of the site; and
automatically removing the at least one of the responder identity and the first RFID from the active responder database when the second RFID matches the first RFID.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for accounting for responders at a site, includes obtaining a first RFID from a scanning of a responder radio performed in a vicinity of the site; determining, by using the first RFID, a responder identity from a RFID database that associates each one of a plurality of responder identities to a corresponding responder radio RFID; adding at least one of the responder identity and the first RFID to an active responder database for the site; initiating an acknowledgement to the responder radio; obtaining a second RFID as a result of a second scanning; and removing the responder identity from the active responder database when the second RFID matches the first RFID.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for accounting for responders from a plurality of public safety agencies, including at least a firefighting agency and one other public safety agency, at a site, comprising:
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clearing an active responder database associated with the site; obtaining a first RFID from a portable responder radio that has been scanned by a mobile RFID reader when arriving in a vicinity of the site, the portable responder radio associated to one of the plurality of public safety agencies; determining, by using the first RFID, a responder identity from a RFID database that associates each one of a plurality of responder identities to a corresponding responder radio RFID; automatically adding at least one of the responder identity and the first RFID to the active responder database for the site; initiating an acknowledgement to the portable responder radio that indicates that the responder identity has been added to the active responder database; obtaining a third RFID before obtaining a second RFID, wherein the third RFID was obtained from an RFID scanning of a responder radio that was performed in a vicinity of a sub-site location; and
associating the sub-site location with the responder identity when the third RFID matches the first RFID;sending a command from a base station radio to the responder radio that automatically channel steers the radio to a channel that is associated with the sub-site location when the third RFID matches the first RFID; obtaining the second RFID from the portable responder radio that has been scanned when leaving in the vicinity of the site; and automatically removing the at least one of the responder identity and the first RFID from the active responder database when the second RFID matches the first RFID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for accounting for responders from a plurality of public safety agencies, including at least a firefighting agency and one other public safety agency, at a site, comprising:
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a first mobile RFID reader that obtains a first RFID as a result of performing an RFID scanning of a portable responder radio, the portable responder radio associated to one of the plurality of public safety agencies, upon entering the site; a second mobile RFID reader that obtains a second RFID as a result of performing an RFID scanning of the portable responder radio upon leaving the site; and a computer, coupled to the first and second mobile RFID readers, that clears an active responder database associated with the site; determines, by using the first RFID, a responder identity from an RFID database that associates each one of a plurality of responder identities to a corresponding responder radio RFID; automatically adds at least one of the responder identity and the first RFID to the active responder database for the site; initiates an acknowledgement to the portable responder radio that the responder identity has been added to the active responder database; initiates a command to the responder radio through a base station radio that automatically channel steers the responder radio to a channel that is associated with the site; and automatically removes the responder identity from the active responder database when the second RFID matches the first RFID. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, for accounting for responders from a plurality of public safety agencies, including at least a firefighting agency and one other public safety agency, comprising:
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an input that obtains a first and a second RFID; an output that transmits an acknowledgement to a portable responder radio; and a processor that is controlled by instructions stored in memory to; clear an active responder database associated with a site; identify the first RFID as being a result of a first RFID scanning of the portable responder radio that was performed when entering the site by a mobile RFID reader in a vicinity of the site, the portable responder radio associated to one of the plurality of public safety agencies; determine, by using the first RFID, a responder identity from an RFID database that associates each one of a plurality of responder identities to a corresponding responder radio RFID; automatically add at least one of the responder identity and the first RFID to the active responder database for the site; initiate the acknowledgement to the portable responder radio that indicates that the responder identity has been added to the active responder database; initiate a command to the responder radio through a base station radio that automatically channel steers the responder radio to a channel that is associated with the site; identify the second RFID as being a result of a second scanning of the portable responder radio when leaving the site, that was performed in the vicinity of the site; and automatically remove the responder identity from the active responder database when the second RFID matches the first RFID. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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