A Wireless Sensor Network and Incident Command Interface for Urban Firefighting

Author

Wilson, J. ; Bhargava, V. ; Redfern, A. ; Wright, P.

Author_Institution

UC Berkeley Mech. Eng., Berkeley

fYear

2007

fDate

6-10 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The Fire Information and Rescue Equipment project at UC Berkeley has developed a prototype wireless sensor network (WSN) and Incident Command (IC) interface for urban and industrial firefighting and emergency response. A fixed WSN deployment in the building acts as a backbone for communication between mobile personnel and Incident Command. The Telos Sky mote 802.15.4 platform with the TinyOS operating system is used for a variety of sensing and communication tasks. These include localization, environmental monitoring, and redundant emergency communications. We describe features and performance of the system. We also share what we have learned from firefighters through interviews, usability tests, and demonstrations.

Keywords

operating systems (computers); personal area networks; user interfaces; wireless sensor networks; Telos Sky mote 802.15.4 platform; TinyOS operating system; UC Berkeley; emergency response; environmental monitoring; fire information and rescue equipment project; incident command interface; industrial firefighting; mobile personnel; redundant emergency communications; urban firefighting; wireless sensor network; Fires; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Operating systems; Personnel; Prototypes; Spine; Testing; Usability; Wireless sensor networks; firefighting; first responder; localization; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking & Services, 2007. MobiQuitous 2007. Fourth Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1024-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1025-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4450980

Filename

4450980