Situational awareness for first responders: Evaluation of the BIMS field trial

Author

van der Lee, M. ; Van De Ven, Josine ; Van Rijk, Richelle ; Bras, Raymond

Author_Institution

TNO Defence, Security & Safety, The Hague, Netherlands

fYear

2009

fDate

11-12 May 2009

Firstpage

524

Lastpage

528

Abstract

This article describes the results of our research over the last few years on the design of the BIMS system, some related topics (such as radar-based indoor positioning, personal health-monitoring of first responders), and our findings of the Rotterdam fire service field trial with the MOOVE demonstrator system. During this trial a large-building incident was played out. Main functionality of the BIMS tool will include the tracking of first responders inside the building, the control which building rooms are cleared by first responders, and the monitoring of personnel status.

Keywords

emergency services; fires; information management; public administration; Rotterdam fire service field trial; building rooms; fire service information management system; first responders; large-building incident; personal health-monitoring; personnel status. monitoring; radar-based indoor positioning; situational awareness; Command and control systems; Emergency services; Fires; Information management; Information security; Information systems; Personnel; Safety; Vehicles; Water storage; Command and control systems; Emergency services; Information systems; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technologies for Homeland Security, 2009. HST '09. IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4178-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/THS.2009.5168082

Filename

5168082