System and method for accounting for personnel at a site and system and method for providing personnel with information about an emergency site

A method for accounting for firefighting personnel at the scene of an emergency comprising the steps sequentially performed of:

• using an information receiving device to read machine-recognizable information associated with and carried by a firefighter arriving at the scene in order to log that firefighter into a computer;
• determining the firefighter's qualifications based upon information included within the machine-recognizable information associated with the firefighter received by the information receiving device;
• assigning the firefighter to a task and/or sector of the scene based upon the firefighter's qualifications;
• and
• recording in the computer the task and/or sector to which the firefighter is assigned.

A method for accounting for personnel at a site comprising the steps of:

• receiving an RF signal that is associated with a person arriving at the site and includes the person's identification and the person's qualification information, in order to log that person into a computer so that the person arriving at the site can be assigned to a sector in which the person is qualified to work;
• determining the person's qualifications based upon information obtained from the received RF signal;
• assigning the person to a task and/or sector of the site based upon the person's qualifications;
• and
• recording in the computer the task and/or sector to which the person is assigned.

A method for accounting for personnel at a site comprising the steps of:

• receiving an infrared signal that is associated with a person arriving at the site and includes the person's identification and the person's qualification information, in order to log that person into a computer so that the person arriving at the site can be assigned to a sector in which the person is qualified to work;
• determining the person's qualifications based upon information obtained from the received infrared signal;
• assigning the person to a task and/or sector of the site based upon the person's qualifications;
• and
• recording in the computer the task and/or sector to which the person is assigned.

A method for accounting for personnel at a site comprising the steps of:

• reading information stored in a touch memory device that is associated with a person arriving at the site and includes the person's identification and the person's qualification information, in order to log that person into a computer so that the person arriving at the site can be assigned to a sector in which the person is qualified to work;
• determining the person's qualifications based upon information obtained from the information read from the touch memory device;
• assigning the person to a task and/or sector of the site based upon the person's qualifications;
• and
• recording in the computer the task and/or sector to which the person is assigned.

A method for accounting for personnel at a site comprising the steps of:

• reading information stored in a memory device that is electrically coupled to and associated with a person arriving at the site, the information including the person's identification and the person's qualification information, in order to log that person into a computer so that the person arriving at the site can be assigned to a sector in which the person is qualified to work, the information being read from the memory device by having the person touch a touch-sensitive receiver;
• determining the person's qualifications based upon information obtained from the information read from the memory device;
• assigning the person to a task and/or sector of the site based upon the person's qualifications;
• and
• recording in the computer the task and/or sector to which the person is assigned.

A method for accounting for personnel at a site comprising the steps of:

• reading information stored in a memory device on a smart card that is associated with a person arriving at the site and includes the person's identification and the person's qualification information, in order to log that person into a computer so that the person arriving at the site can be assigned to a sector in which the person is qualified to work;
• determining the person's qualifications based upon information obtained from the information read from the memory device on the smart card;
• assigning the person to a task and/or sector of the site based upon the person's qualifications;
• and
• recording in the computer the task and/or sector to which the person is assigned.

A method for accounting for personnel at a site comprising the steps of:

• reading a two-dimensional bar code that is associated with a person arriving at the site and includes the person's identification and the person's qualification information, in order to log that person into a computer so that the person arriving at the site can be assigned to a sector in which the person is qualified to work;
• transmitting data representing the information read from the two dimensional bar code to a receiver coupled to the computer;
• determining the person's qualifications based upon information obtained from the transmitted data;
• assigning the person to a task and/or sector of the site based upon the person's qualifications;
• and
• recording in the computer the task and/or sector to which the person is assigned.

A method for providing personnel with information about a site of an emergency, comprising the steps of:

• using a portable receiving device for receiving data associated with the site;
• obtaining information about the site that is represented by the received data;
• and
• displaying the obtained information to the emergency services personnel on a display device operatively coupled to the portable receiving device,
• wherein the information represented by the received data associated with the site includes at least one of a floor plan, a blueprint, a photograph of an interior portion of the site, a fire inspection report, and locations and identification of stored hazardous materials, utility shut-offs, and gas lines.