Fire Hydrant Locator for EMT Personnel
AssigneeMobius Exchange, Inc.
InventorEric Saylors
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Abstract
A communication system for first responders includes a plurality of mobile communication devices (MCDs) in communication with a global positioning system (GPS) and a cloud database via a wireless link. Software resident in the MCDs provides an application in which first responders can view and input data showing types and locations of emergency incidents, the units assigned, assigned radio channels, the incident status, graphical location, the location of each unit and other data. A sub-program resident on the MCDs permits users to locate and tag fire hydrants and input their locations and water delivery data into the cloud database.
Claims19
A communication system for a network of first responders comprising:
- (a) a cloud database containing
- (i) organization data identifying organizations belonging to the network;
- (ii) unit data identifying units belonging to an organization within the network;
- (iii) active incidents to be serviced by the network, each active incident containing data identifying the location of the incident and its type;
- (iv) assignment data indicating identity of units assigned to each active incident;
- (v) fire hydrant data comprising fire hydrant locations and water delivery parameters;
- (b) a GPS satellite system in communication with said cloud database;
- (c) a plurality of mobile communication devices(MCD's) in wireless communication with said cloud database and said GPS satellite system, said plurality of MCD's including at least one commander unit and at least one field unit, wherein each of said MCD's include a display screen and a keyboard;
- (d) a software program installed in each of said MCD's for
- (i) identifying the unit and its location;
- (ii) identifying and displaying an active incident to which the unit is assigned, its type, its status and its location;
- and,
- (iii) identifying and displaying the location of the hydrant closest to the active incident and its water delivery parameters.
A communication system for first responders comprising
- (a) a cloud database, said database including a list of emergency incidents, their type and their geographic locations, and a list of fire hydrants within a selected area including the locations and water delivery parameters associated with each of said fire hydrants;
- (b) a plurality of mobile users in wireless communication with said database, said mobile users each having receiver/transmitter means for establishing communication with a global positioning system for receiving data related to the emergency incidents including their locations, type and status, each of said mobile users having data entry means for entering selected data to be transmitted to said cloud database, said data including the status of emergency incidents and the location and water delivery parameters of fire hydrants;
- (c) each of said mobile users having display means for displaying a map of a selected area in which emergency incidents are occurring and an overlay of markers on said map representing the locations of said emergency incidents, fire hydrants within said selected area and present locations of said mobile users.
A method of populating a database with fire hydrant data to be accessed by emergency first responders, wherein the first responders have mobile communication devices (MCD's) in communication with a cloud database and with a GPS, and wherein the MCD's have display screens and data entry means for inputting data, the steps comprising:
- (a) providing a user with an MCD;
- (b) said user determining a physical location of a fire hydrant and moving to said physical location in close proximity to said fire hydrant;
- (c) acquiring a location signal on said MCD from said GPS indicative of a point in close proximity to said fire hydrant;
- (d) tagging said fire hydrant by transmitting said location signal to said cloud database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.