Technology for Safety AND Survival Deputy Chief John Sullivan Worcester Fire Department Fire Engineer Ric Plummer Berlin, MA Fire Department Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
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In Memoriam
A Moment to Remember in Workshop History: The User Community Feedback session at the Third Annual Conference Worcester District Chief Mike McNamee, said: You don t have to make it perfect. I would have taken ANYTHING that night that would have helped us find them! Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
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PROMINENT FEATURES Almost no openings in exterior walls One exit from floors four through six Common wall one opening per floor Combustible insulation
18:24:45.59 FA: Command, Be Advised a Citizen Just Reported to One of the Police Officers That There May Be Two People That Live in That Building. CAR 3: Received.
18:45:59.58 E-12: Engine 12 to Any Fire Fighter in the Second Floor Area Get Out to the Staircase, Get Out to the Staircase. E-12: Engine 12 to Command.
18:46:12.90 RESCUE 1: Rescue 600 to command, WE Need Help, On the Floor, Below the Top Floor of the Building, WE RE LOST
18:55:23.49 CAR 3: Command to Paul Brotherton. Command to Jerry Lucey Activate Your PASS Emergency Alarms. R1(R 600): They re Activated. CAR 3: Okay, Ladder 1, Engine 3, Ladder 2, They Have Activated Their Emergency Alarms Up There.
19:12:30.29 LADDER 2: Ladder 2 to Command. CAR 2: Command, Go Ahead. LADDER 2: Send Somebody Up the Stairwell to the Fifth Floor. Stand in the Doorway and Start Singing.
19:44:10.30 LADDER 4: We Are Never Going to make The Fifth Floor From This Stairway. CAR 3: Okay, Don t Risk It. Don t Risk It, Back Down. Back Down.
19:58:10.06 CAR 3: Command to all companies evacuate the building sound the evacuation signal evacuate the building. FA: All Companies Evacuate the Building Immediately. All Companies, Evacuate the Building Immediately. FA: Any Companies on Fire Admin in the Building Evacuate. Any Companies on Fire Admin in the Building Evacuate.
So, what has happened in the years since? Advances in: PASS Devices NFPA STD 1982, 2007 Better Units Wide Spread Use! Integrated with SCBA Thermal Imaging Cameras NFPA 1801, 2010 Better Technology, Lower Cost More Wide Spread Use Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
So, what has happened in the years since? New Technologies on the Scene: Accountability Systems Radio Links, SCBA & PASS Monitoring Single Button mayday Direct Evacuation Signal to the FF Homing Systems Some integrated with SCBA Some integrated with TICs Radio System Advances Voice AND Data Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
Live Demo Evolution 2008 The First Live Demo: 2008 First Live Demo in Atwater Kent with five systems Two Locator systems R F Based with Bio Sensors Inertial based Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
Live Demo Evolution 2008 The First Live Demo: 2008 First Live Demo in Atwater Kent with five systems Three Homing Systems Ultrasonic VLF RF UHF RF Varying degrees of success. Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
Live Demo Evolution 2008 Lessons and Results: 2008 Lessons Learned Participants learned Firefighter actions / methods and a great deal of the problem to be solved Firefighter feedback was invaluable Can t handle large audience Go to video review audience sees more - better demo control Separate Third day was too much for many The foundation for Live Demo testing Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
Live Demo Evolution 2009 Lessons and Results: 2009 DHS National assessment results presented Residential Live Demo fraught with problems Only one vendor Stepped up Vendor had many issues but persevered and with only partial functionality Baseline: 07:31 Locator: 07:52 Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
Live Demo Evolution 2010 Lessons and Results: 2010 Three Systems tested in Live Demo ALL performed smoothly and found the missing Firefighter Faster than Baseline Baseline: 24:00 (victim wasn t on last known floor) Q-Track: 07:02 U Mich: 11:56 SEER: 09:42 Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
Live Demo Evolution NOW 2011 The Demos: 2011 Back to Atwater Kent Two Systems being Demonstrated by WFD M S A LS-1 Personnel Location System Trimble Navigation RFID Positioning System Both Vendors Presenting Papers Showing Exhibits Live demo with WFD Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
Important 2010 Workshop Forum Feedback Users Define Operational Needs Information Use Who,.. Background Operation Procedural Differences Relook at Requirements Standards Who are the users Baseline Requirements Validation Procedures Communications Developers Must Fit Dept SOPs Info Overload Solving right issue? Reliable V/ D Comms Now What / Next Steps Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
VISION Integrated (to minimize equipment carried) Data Collection (what we need to know) The Firefighters: Location and Track History Homing Beacon? Resources: SCBA Supply, PASS Environment Temp, Hazards (CO, HCN,..), Bio Sensors Temp, Pulse, O2, Voice and Data Communications MAYDAY Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
VISION Information for Safety and Survival on the Scene Information Delivery What you Need, When you Need it (Even if you don t know you need it!!) To Whom: Commander / Operations / Sectors / Divisions Safety Officer(s) - Accountability and More Other Firefighters Closest How: Data Layers to prevent overload Built from Individual / Team / Task (Accountability) Alarm settings for critical data Low Air, PASS, Mayday, Bio, Flexibility Different operational perspectives Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location
So, let s CONTINUE to ENHANCE the PICTURE LOCATION but Much MORE Technology for Safety and Survival See Our COLLECTIVE VISION Move Toward REALITY Sixth Annual Conference on Precision Personnel Location