Automated sensing of firefighter teams
First Claim
1. A safety system to monitor a plurality of firefighting teams during an emergency incident, each firefighting team having a plurality of firefighters assigned as team members, the system comprising:
- at least one communication unit of a plurality of communication units comprising a short-range radio and a long-range radio, each communication unit configured to periodically;
receive a unique identification from any other communication unit within a range of the short-range radio; and
transmit a data packet via the long-range radio, wherein the data packet contains the unique identification of the at least one communication unit and unique identifications recently received from any other communication units; and
an incident command monitoring system comprising;
a memory containing a database of the unique identifications and team assignments, in which each unique identification associated with a specific firefighter of the plurality of firefighters is assigned to identify a team member of one of the plurality of firefighting teams;
a long-range radio configured to receive data packets from the at least one communication unit; and
a central processor configured to;
analyze the data packets;
determine if each unique identification associated with each firefighter was received by the at least one communication unit based on the analysis of the data packets;
determine team affiliations based on the analysis of the data packets;
compare the team affiliations with the team assignments;
identify whether at least one firefighter of the plurality of firefighters is connected to an incorrect team based on the comparison; and
provide a notification in case the at least one firefighter disassociates from their assigned team.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring emergency personnel during an emergency incident is disclosed. The emergency personnel wear wireless communication units (CU) including a short-range radio and a long-range radio. CUs are configured to periodically transmit a unique identification from the short-range radio of the CU, receive the unique identification transmitted from the short-range radio of any other CU within range of the short-range radio, and transmit a data packet from the long-range radio, each data packet containing the unique identification of the CU and all the unique identifications recently received from any other CUs. The system can include an incident command monitoring system including a computing device to access a personnel and unique identifier database and analyze the data packets and initiate an alert if the unique identification associated with one of the emergency personnel has not been received by the communication unit of a team member.
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1. A safety system to monitor a plurality of firefighting teams during an emergency incident, each firefighting team having a plurality of firefighters assigned as team members, the system comprising:
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at least one communication unit of a plurality of communication units comprising a short-range radio and a long-range radio, each communication unit configured to periodically; receive a unique identification from any other communication unit within a range of the short-range radio; and transmit a data packet via the long-range radio, wherein the data packet contains the unique identification of the at least one communication unit and unique identifications recently received from any other communication units; and an incident command monitoring system comprising; a memory containing a database of the unique identifications and team assignments, in which each unique identification associated with a specific firefighter of the plurality of firefighters is assigned to identify a team member of one of the plurality of firefighting teams; a long-range radio configured to receive data packets from the at least one communication unit; and a central processor configured to; analyze the data packets; determine if each unique identification associated with each firefighter was received by the at least one communication unit based on the analysis of the data packets; determine team affiliations based on the analysis of the data packets; compare the team affiliations with the team assignments; identify whether at least one firefighter of the plurality of firefighters is connected to an incorrect team based on the comparison; and provide a notification in case the at least one firefighter disassociates from their assigned team. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13)
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10. An incident command monitoring system comprising:
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a memory containing a database of unique identifications and team assignments, in which each unique identification is associated with a specific firefighter of a plurality of firefighters and is assigned to identify a team member of one of a plurality of firefighting teams; a long-range radio configured to receive data packets from at least one communication unit; and a central processor configured to; analyze the data packets; determine if each unique identification associated with each firefighter was received by the at least one communication unit based on the analysis of the data packets; determine team affiliations based on the analysis of the data packets; compare the team affiliations with the team assignments; identify whether at least one firefighter of the plurality of firefighters is connected to an incorrect team based on the comparison; and provide a notification in case a firefighter disassociates from their assigned team or when a firefighter is not located nearby any firefighting team. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 14, 15)
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