Devices, systems, and methods for hazard avoidance

A computer-implemented method for hazard avoidance, the method comprising:

• receiving geographic region data from a GPS sensor associated with a location of a wearable device;
• collecting environmental data from one or more sensors of the wearable device;
• identifying one or more hazardous conditions within the geographic region, wherein the one or more hazardous conditions are identified based on at least one of the received geographic region data and the collected environmental data, and wherein the one or more hazardous conditions are associated with a respective level of risk of traveling into a particular area associated with the one or more hazardous conditions;
• based on the identified one or more hazardous conditions within the geographic region and the location of the wearable device within the geographic region, determining an alert condition, wherein determining the alert condition comprises determining that the wearable device is within a threshold proximity to at least one area associated with the one or more hazardous conditions;
• and
• based on the determined alert condition, selecting a computational action for alerting a user associated with a wearer of the wearable device that the wearable device is within the threshold proximity to the at least one area associated with the one or more hazardous conditions, wherein the user is remote from the wearer, and wherein the computational action comprises transmitting an instruction that causes a computing device associated with the user to transmit an alert.

A wearable device for hazard avoidance comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause performance of a set of operations comprising:
• receiving geographic region data from a GPS sensor associated with a location of the wearable device;
• collecting environmental data from one or more sensors of the wearable device;
• identifying one or more hazardous conditions within the geographic region, wherein the one or more hazardous conditions are identified based on at least one of the received geographic region data and the collected environmental data, and wherein the one or more hazardous conditions are associated with a respective level of risk of traveling into a particular area associated with the one or more hazardous conditions;
• based on the identified one or more hazardous conditions within the geographic region and the location of the wearable device within the geographic region, determining an alert condition, wherein determining the alert condition comprises determining that the wearable device is within a threshold proximity to at least one area associated with the one or more hazardous conditions;
• and
• based on the determined alert condition, selecting a computational action for alerting a user associated with a wearer of the wearable device that the wearable device is within the threshold proximity to the at least one area associated with the one or more hazardous conditions, wherein the user is remote from the wearer, and wherein the computational action
• comprises transmitting an instruction that causes a computing device associated with the user to transmit an alert.