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Method and apparatus for generating localized fire incident and fire exit route map

  • US 8,466,785 B2
  • Filed: 07/27/2010
  • Issued: 06/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a plurality of reference locations visible from within a facility where each of the reference locations is associated with a readily identifiable feature of the facility;

    detecting a fire within the facility;

    receiving a fire location request from a monitoring location within the facility; and

    dynamically generating a routing map showing a route from the monitoring location to a location of the fire and from the fire to a fire exit of the facility using at least some of the plurality of reference locations based upon the request, wherein the routing map shows a description of an identifiable physical feature of each of the plurality of reference locations at a corresponding location along the route from the monitoring location to the location of the fire and from the fire to the fire exit.

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