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Authors:
Brendan O'Flynn
Michael Walsh
Eduardo M. Pereira
Piyush Agrawal
Tino Fuchs
Jos Oudenhoven
Axel Nackaerts
Tanja Braun
Klaus-Dieter Lang
Christian Dils
Keywords: Gas Sensors; Body Area Networks; Activity Tracking; Vital Signs Monitoring; Occupancy Detection
Abstract:
This paper describes the development and implementation of the SAFESENS (Sensor technologies for enhanced safety and security of buildings and its occupants) location tracking and first responder monitoring demonstrator. An international research collaboration has developed a state-of-the-art wireless indoor location tracking systems for first responders focused initially on fire fighter monitoring. Integrating multiple gas sensors and presence detection technologies into building safety sensors and personal monitors has resulted in more accurate and reliable fire and occupancy detection information which is invaluable to firefighters in carrying out their duties in hostile environments. This demonstration system is capable of tracking occupancy levels in an indoor environment, as well as the specific location of fire fighters within those buildings, using a multi-sensor hybrid tracking system. This ultra-wideband indoor tracking system is one of the first of its kind to provide indoor localisation capability to sub meter accuracies with combined Bluetooth low energy capability for low power communications and additional inertial, temperature and pressure sensors. This facilitates increased precision in accuracy detection through data fusion, as well as the capability to communicate directly with smartphones and the cloud, without the need for additional gateway support. Glove based, wearable technology has been developed to monitor the vital signs of the first responder and provide this data in real time. The helmet mounted, wearable technology will also incorporate novel electrochemical sensors which have been developed to be able to monitor the presence of dangerous gasses in the vicinity of the firefighter and again to provide this information in real time to the fire fighter controller. A SAFESENS demonstrator is currently deployed in Tyndall and is providing real time occupancy levels of the different areas in the building as well as the capability to track the location of the first responders, their health and the presence of explosive gasses in their vicinity.
Pages: 51 to 57
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017
Publication date: September 10, 2017
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4405
ISBN: 978-1-61208-580-7
Location: Rome, Italy
Dates: from September 10, 2017 to September 14, 2017