Distributed industrial facility safety system

A method of industrial facility safety monitoring, comprising:

• sensing, by a remote sensing device (RSD), characteristics of an environment surrounding the RSD, the RSD being one of a plurality of remote sensing devices (RSDs) of an industrial facility safety system comprising a facility safety control system (FSCS) and the plurality of RSDs distributed throughout an industrial facility;
• processing, by the RSD, the sensed characteristics of the environment surrounding the RSD to generate local safety data corresponding to characteristics of the environment surrounding the RSD;
• receiving, by the RSD, safety information from one or more other RSDs of the plurality of RSDs;
• in response to the RSD obtaining first safety information comprising one or both of the local safety data generated the safety information received from one or more other RSDs of the plurality of RSDs, the RSD:
• determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is not available;
• in response to determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is not available:
• identifying a second RSD of the plurality of RSDs that is in communication range of the RSD;
• and
• sending, to the second RSD, the first safety information;
• determining that the first safety information indicates an alert condition;
• and
• in response to determining that the first safety information indicates an alert condition, presenting, via an alert unit of the RSD, an alert corresponding to the alert condition.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to cause the following operations of industrial facility safety monitoring:

• sensing, by a remote sensing device (RSD), characteristics of an environment surrounding the RSD, the RSD being one of a plurality of remote sensing devices (RSDs) of an industrial facility safety system comprising a facility safety control system (FSCS) and the plurality of RSDs distributed throughout an industrial facility;
• processing, by the RSD, the sensed characteristics of the environment surrounding the RSD to generate local safety data corresponding to characteristics of the environment surrounding the RSD;
• receiving, by the RSD, safety information from one or more other RSDs of the plurality of RSDs;
• in response to the RSD obtaining first safety information comprising one or both of the local safety data generated and the safety information received from one or more other RSDs of the plurality of RSDs, the RSD:
• determining whether communication between the RSD and the FSCS is available;
• in response to determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is available, sending, to the FSCS, the first safety information;
• in response to determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is not available:
• identifying a second RSD of the plurality of RSDs that is in communication range of the RSD;
• and
• sending, to the second RSD, the first safety information;
• determining whether the safety information indicates an alert condition;
• and
• in response to determining that the first safety information indicates an alert condition, presenting, via an alert unit of the RSD, an alert corresponding to the alert condition.

An industrial facility safety system, comprising:

• a facility safety control system (FSCS);
• and
• a plurality of remote sensing devices (RSDs) configured to be distributed throughout an industrial facility, each remote sensing device (RSD) of the plurality of RSDs configured to:
• obtain safety information comprising local safety information generated based on characteristics of an environment surrounding the RSD sensed by sensors of the RSD and remote safety information sent to the RSD from one or more other RSDs of the plurality of RSDs;
• and
• in response to obtaining the safety information:
• determine whether communication between the RSD and the FSCS is available;
• in response to determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is available, send the safety information obtained to the FSCS;
• in response to determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is not available:
• identify an other RSD of the plurality of RSDs that is in communication range of the RSD;
• and
• send, to the other RSD, the safety information obtained;
• determine whether the safety information obtained indicates an alert condition;
• and
• in response to determining that the safety information obtained indicates an alert condition, present an alert corresponding to the alert condition.

A method of industrial facility safety monitoring, comprising:

• obtaining, by a remote sensing device (RSD), first safety information comprising first local safety information generated based on characteristics of an environment surrounding the RSD sensed by sensors of the RSD and first remote safety information sent to the RSD from one or more other RSDs of a plurality of remote sensing devices (RSDs) of an industrial facility safety system comprising a facility safety control system (FSCS) and the plurality of RSDs distributed throughout an industrial facility;
• and
• in response to the RSD obtaining the first safety information, the RSD:
• determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is not available;
• in response to determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is not available:
• identifying an other RSD of the plurality of RSDs that is in communication range of the RSD;
• and
• sending, to the other RSD, the first safety information obtained;
• determining that the first safety information obtained indicates a first alert condition;
• and
• in response to determining that the safety information obtained indicates a first alert condition, presenting a first alert corresponding to the first alert condition;
• obtaining, by the RSD, second safety information comprising second local safety information generated based on characteristics of an environment surrounding the RSD sensed by sensors of the RSD and second remote safety information sent to the RSD from one or more other RSDs of the plurality of RSDs;
• and
• in response to the RSD obtaining the second safety information, the RSD:
• determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is available;
• in response to determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is available, sending the second safety information obtained to the FSCS;
• determining that the second safety information obtained indicates a second alert condition;
• and
• in response to determining that the second safety information obtained indicates a second alert condition, presenting a second alert corresponding to the second alert condition.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to cause the following operations of industrial facility safety monitoring:

• obtaining, by a remote sensing device (RSD), safety information comprising local safety information generated based on characteristics of an environment surrounding the RSD sensed by sensors of the RSD and remote safety information sent to the RSD from one or more other RSDs of a plurality of remote sensing devices (RSDs) of an industrial facility safety system comprising a facility safety control system (FSCS) and the plurality of RSDs distributed throughout an industrial facility;
• and
• in response to the RSD obtaining the safety information, the RSD:
• determining whether communication between the RSD and the FSCS is available;
• in response to determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is available, sending the safety information obtained to the FSCS;
• in response to determining that communication between the RSD and the FSCS is not available:
• identifying an other RSD of the plurality of RSDs that is in communication range of the RSD;
• and
• sending, to the other RSD, the safety information obtained;
• determining whether the safety information obtained indicates an alert condition;
• and
• in response to determining that the safety information obtained indicates an alert condition, presenting via an alert unit of the RSD, an alert corresponding to the alert condition.