US 11,232,702 B2 · Automated sensing of firefighter teams

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring emergency personnel during an emergency incident is disclosed. The emergency personnel wear wireless communication units (CU) including a short-range radio and a long-range radio. CUs are configured to periodically transmit a unique identification from the short-range radio of the CU, receive the unique identification transmitted from the short-range radio of any other CU within range of the short-range radio, and transmit a data packet from the long-range radio, each data packet containing the unique identification of the CU and all the unique identifications recently received from any other CUs. The system can include an incident command monitoring system including a computing device to access a personnel and unique identifier database and analyze the data packets and initiate an alert if the unique identification associated with one of the emergency personnel has not been received by the communication unit of a team member.

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Dependent claims

A monitoring system comprising:

a memory containing a database of unique identifications and team assignments for respective persons of a plurality of persons,
wherein each unique identification is associated with at least one communication unit of a plurality of communication units carried by a specific person of the plurality of persons deployed to a site;
a receiver configured to:
receive a first data packet, from the at least one communication unit carried by a first person of the plurality of persons,
wherein the first data packet comprising a unique identification of the at least one communication unit, and a unique identification of at least one another communication unit carried by a second person, of the plurality of persons, associated with a first team;
and
receive a second data packet, from the at least one communication unit carried by the first person;
wherein the second data packet comprising the unique identification of the at least one communication unit and lacking the unique identification of the at least one another communication unit carried by the second person;
a processor configured to cause provision of a notification upon receiving the second data packet from the first person.

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A method for monitoring a plurality of persons assigned to one of a plurality of teams, the method comprising:

receiving, by a receiver of a monitoring system, a first data packet, from a first person of the plurality of persons, comprising a unique identification of the first person associated with at least one communication unit of a plurality of communication units carried by a specific person of the plurality of persons deployed to a site;
in an instance in which a processor of the monitoring system receives a first data packet from the at least one communication unit carried by a first person of the plurality of persons,
wherein the first data packet comprises a unique identification of the at least one communication unit and a unique identification of at least one another communication unit carried by a second person of the plurality of persons associated with a first team of the plurality of teams;
receiving a second data packet, from the at least one communication unit carried by the first person;
wherein the second data packet comprising the unique identification of the at least one communication unit and lacking the unique identification of the at least one another communication unit carried by the second person;
and
generating a notification, via the processor of the monitoring system, upon receiving the second data packet from the first person.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, said instructions operable for causing a monitoring system to at least:

receive, by a receiver of the monitoring system, a first data packet, from a first person of a plurality of persons comprises a unique identification of the first person associated with at least one communication unit of a plurality of communication units carried by a specific person of the plurality of persons deployed to a site;
and
in an instance in which a processor of the monitoring system receives a first data packet from the at least one communication unit carried by a first person of the plurality of persons,
wherein the first data packet comprises a unique identification of the at least one communication unit and a unique identification of at least one another communication unit carried by a second person of the plurality of persons associated with a first team of the plurality of teams;
receiving a second data packet, from the at least one communication unit carried by the first person;
wherein the second data packet comprising the unique identification of the at least one communication unit and lacking the unique identification of the at least one another communication unit carried by the second person;
and
generating a notification, via the processor of the monitoring system, upon receiving the second data packet from the first person.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automated sensing of firefighter teams

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Automated sensing of firefighter teams

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