Communicating emergency information via a beacon

A method for communicating emergency information relative to a structure to an individual associated with the structure, comprising:

• transmitting, by a beacon, emergency information to a communications device associated with the individual, wherein the emergency information includes emergency status information that updates the individual as to a status of an emergency that the structure is enduring and/or emergency action information that provides recommended actions for the individual to execute to avoid harm caused by the emergency;
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• updating the emergency information that is transmitted by the beacon based on changes in the status information due to changes in the status of the emergency that the structure is enduring and/or changes in the emergency action information due to changes in the recommended actions that the individual is to execute based on changes in the status information of the emergency.

A system for communicating emergency information relative to a structure between a beacon associated with the structure and an individual that is associated with the structure, comprising:

• a communications device that is associated with the individual and is configured to receive emergency information from the beacon, wherein the emergency information includes emergency status information that updates the individual as to a status of an emergency that the structure is enduring and/or emergency action information that provides recommended actions for the individual to execute to avoid harm caused by the emergency;
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• a controller configured to query an emergency server to obtain detailed emergency information, wherein the detailed emergency information provides additional information associated with the status of the emergency that the structure is enduring and/or additional information associated with the recommended actions for the individual to execute to avoid harm caused by the emergency that is in addition to the emergency information received from the beacon.

A method for communicating emergency information relative to a structure between a beacon associated with the structure and an individual that is associated with the structure, comprising:

• receiving, by a communications device that is associated with the individual, emergency information from the beacon, wherein the emergency information includes emergency status information that updates the individual as to a status of an emergency that the structure is enduring and/or emergency action information that provides recommended actions for the individual to execute to avoid harm caused by the emergency;
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• querying an emergency server to obtain detailed emergency information, wherein the detailed emergency information provides additional information associated with the status of the emergency that the structure is enduring and/or additional information associated with the recommended actions for the individual to execute to avoid harm caused by the emergency that is in addition to the emergency information received from the beacon.