System and apparatus providing localized evacuation guidance

A system comprising:

• a central station;
• and
• a plurality of environmental detectors within a protected area, each of the plurality of environmental detectors configured to detect environmental events within the protected area and report detected events to the central station, wherein at least one of the plurality of environmental detectors detects an environmental event within the protected area and reports that event to the central station, the central station determines a location of the detected event and of each of the plurality of environmental detectors within the protected area, the central station dynamically computes a route from the determined location of each of the plurality of environmental detectors to the closest and safest exit based upon the determined location of the detected environmental event and the central station generates and sends a respective map showing the computed route to the closest and safest exit for that environmental detector to each of the plurality of environmental detectors and including displaying first aid or personal protection equipment depicted on the map along the computed route to the closest and safest exit.