Fire Service and Equipment Inspection Test and Maintenance System and Method

A method for firefighting and fire prevention of structures comprising:

• accessing with at least one user interface an at least one application program disposed on at least one computer processor and memory system operationally accessible by at least one networked computerized device;
• sending and receiving data collected on at least one or more from a group of:
• users, places, and tools at least one database accessible by the at least one computer processor, the data collected on at least one or more from a group of:
• users, places, and tools;
• at least one or more of determining and developing from datapoints qualities of the users, places, and tools from at least one or more from a group of:
• who, what, when, where, why, how, cost, power, environment, and event-conditions from which to calculate at least one or more of past, present, and projected-future states and rates of change of the users, places, and tools;
• sending and receiving data pertaining to at least one or more from a group of:
• firefighters, other emergency responders, maintenance technicians, fire inspectors, contractors, and facilities managers, the data recording past action and informing present and future actions;
• sending and receiving data pertaining to places including at least one or more from a group of:
• installation facilities, supply facilities, vehicles, power generation, resource transmission, nexus of work, and points of control;
• sending and receiving data pertaining to tools including at least one or more systems, supersystems, and subsystems used at least one or more of for and in support of firefighting, fire prevention, fire detection, and alerting, a system including at least one or more of software, hardware, vehicles, data, and fire retarding chemicals;
• calculating from the data states of the users, places, and tools from which to assess situations, facilitate decision making, and take actions, the decisions and actions including at least one or more from a group of:
• firefighting system use, firefighting system maintenance, and firefighting system replacement;
• from the calculations of states, assessing, deciding, and acting on situations for at least one cycle of assessing, deciding and acting;
• the at least one computer processor and memory system further networking to at least one user interface wherein a user receives and can retrieve the data at least one or more of pushed to the at least one user and pulled by the at least one user;
• the data updating between, inclusively, periodically to substantially continuously by at least one or more from a group of:
• manually, automatically, by event, and by at least one or more sensor members, the at least one or more sensor members including at least one or more from a group of:
• visual, audible, pressure, motion, acceleration, temporal, seal, connection, heat, particle, chemical, radio, radiation, electricity, biometric, global positioning, and computer readable code;
• and
• measuring the data against at least one or more of safety codes, codes of compliance, vendor codes, performance standards, and industry standards.

A system for documenting, monitoring, testing, inspecting, and maintaining fire safety equipment comprising:

• at least one server computer accessible via a computer network, the at least one server computer programmed to receive data and information regarding the status of the fire equipment belonging to people, organizations, and properties;
• at least one secondary computer operationally coupled via the Internet to the server computer, the server computer programmed to receive data and information regarding the status of the fire equipment from the server computer, and receive analysis and recommendations;
• a plurality of primary customer computers connected via the Internet to the server computer, the primary customer computers programmed to transmit to the server computer data and information regarding the state of the fire safety equipment, receive data and information regarding the state of the fire safety equipment from the server computer, and transmit analysis and recommendations to the at least one secondary customer computer, the primary customer computers including at least one mobile computerized device;
• an input computer for allowing a human operator to input Global Positioning System (GPS) data representing the physical location of the fire equipment, and for allowing a human operator to input test results data on the fire equipment, wherein the GPS data and the test results data is accessible to the at least one secondary customer computer and the plurality of primary customer computers;
• at least one map comprising satellite images, the map showing the properties and the fire equipment, where the properties and the fire equipment are mapped onto the map via the GPS input so as to present locations of the fire equipment at the properties on the at least one map so a primary customer is able to monitor the status of the fire equipment, determine the location of the fire equipment, review the inspection results of the fire equipment, determine operational readiness of the fire equipment, and manage and direct at least one fire response team during an exercise or emergency;
• the server computer further adapted to send and receive data associating people, organizations, and properties with related people, organizations, and properties, people which may further be divided to include primary customers and secondary customers;
• and
• the primary customer computer further comprising programming allowing at least one fire service company to monitor the status of the fire equipment, determine the location of the fire equipment, identify and present the most efficient path of inspection for inspectors to follow, record inspection results of the fire equipment, submit proposals of repairs of the fire equipment, record repair results of the fire equipment, and submit invoicing regarding inspections and repairs of the fire equipment, the fire equipment identifiable and locatable via associated icons on the map.