• DocumentCode
    1987778
  • Title

    A novel approach for RFID based fire protection

  • Author

    Dogra, Sudip ; Manna, Samrat ; Banik, Aritra ; Maiti, Somnath ; Sarkar, Subir Kumar

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. & Commun. Dept., Meghnad Saha Inst. of Technol., Kolkata, India
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-24 Dec. 2009
  • Firstpage
    198
  • Lastpage
    201
  • Abstract
    Every year lot of properties and lives are lost in fires. When the firefighters start extinguishing fires, they have to enter the fire affected region, but the main problem is that in most cases the firefighters don´t have an overall knowledge of inside scenario of progress of fire. Sometime it can lead to death of firemen. As for example nationwide, of the roughly 100 firefighters who die on duty each year, a quarter loses their lives in fires, according to the U.S. fire administration.Nearly half the deaths are the result of heart attacks or other health-related problems. So, when a firefighter loses his life in the line of duty, it is a reminder of the complexity and peril of the profession, despite a dedication to improved equipment and training in recent years. So, if the firefighters have a prior knowledge about the nature of progress of fire within the building/premises, they can plan their action and movement accordingly. In this paper we have proposed a scheme for planning of fire fighting that will help the firefighters to extinguish the fire more effectively.
  • Keywords
    fires; occupational safety; planning; radiofrequency identification; RFID based fire protection; fire affected region; fire extinguishing; fire fighting planning; fire progress; firefighters; Cardiac arrest; Engineering management; Fires; Hazards; Photonics; Protection; RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; Temperature sensors; Wireless communication; RFID; Temperature sensor; alarming signal; extinguish; firefighters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Emerging Trends in Electronic and Photonic Devices & Systems, 2009. ELECTRO '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Varanasi
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4846-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ELECTRO.2009.5441139
  • Filename
    5441139