Title :
FIREGUIDE: Firefighter guide and tracker
Author :
Gandhi, Siddhesh Rajan ; Ganz, Aura ; Mullett, G.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
fDate :
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010
Abstract :
In this paper, we introduce an indoor location tracking and navigation system (FIREGUIDE) using Bluetooth and RFID technology. FIREGUIDE assists the firefighters to find the nearest exit location and presents the Incident Commander the current firefighter´s location superimposed on a map of the building floor. We envision that the FIREGUIDE system will save significant number of fire fighters and victims´ lives.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; biomedical engineering; emergency services; fires; navigation; radiofrequency identification; tracking; Bluetooth; FIREGUIDE; RFID technology; building floor map; firefighter guide and tracker; incident commander; indoor location tracking and navigation system; nearest exit location; Bluetooth; Fires; Floors; Radiofrequency identification; Servers; Spatial databases; Bluetooth; Indoor localization and tracking; RFID; Spatial Databases; Algorithms; Civil Defense; Computer Communication Networks; Computers, Handheld; Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Equipment Design; Fires; Humans; Safety Management; Software;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Buenos Aires
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4123-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626771
