Rapid fire emergency response for minimizing human casualties within a facility

The method of Claim 1 wherein the facility includes at least one of a vehicle for public or private transportation, a government building, an office building, a public gathering place, a parking structure, a factory, a building complex, a park, and an urban area.

The method of Claim 1 wherein the fire threat condition data include at least one of human observations, smoke agent release data, explosive release data, and meteorological data.

The method of Claim 1 wherein step (a) includes receiving as input facility operations data.

The method of Claim 1 wherein step (b) includes identifying the fire emergency from the incident matrix.

The method of Claim 1 wherein step (b) includes analyzing at least one of facility structure, facility control options, facility test results, and contaminant dispersion models.

The method of Claim 1 wherein step (b) includes generating a matrix of possible responses to the fire emergency.

The method of Claim 1 wherein step (c) includes selecting a response to the fire emergency from the specific response matrix.

The method of Claim 1 further including the step of (d) generating as output commands or instructions for implementing the selected response.

An apparatus for generating an automated response to a fire emergency comprising:

• at least one input for receiving fire threat condition data for a facility;
• an analysis module coupled to the input for analyzing the fire threat condition data to determine a matrix of possible responses to a fire emergency;
• and a response determination module for selecting a response from the matrix of possible responses to minimize human casualties.