- Author
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Jones, W. W.
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Bukowski, R. W.
- Title
- Delivering Information to Firefighters, Whenever and Wherever It Is Needed. BFRL Fire Research Seminar. VHS Video. <b>Due to Technical Difficulties there is NO SOUND ON THIS SEMINAR TAPE</b>
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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Video
November 28, 2001
- Keywords
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fire fighters
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information dissemination
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fire protection
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fire detection
- Abstract
- [DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES - NO SOUND] Reliable fire detection and fire following is essential to fire protection in all constructed facilities, first for the safe evacuation of occupants and second as a means to initiate manual suppression for control and extinguishment of unwanted fires. In order to assist the firefighters, we must answer the fundamental questions 1) what information is needed, 2) when is the information needed, and 3) how can it best be presented to be most useful? Though the fire service information needs differ with time, most relate to the most effective allocation of resources. In the specific case of firefighting, the availability of tactically significant information across a wide range of media facilitates the delivery of this information to the hands where it can be used to best advantage. We are using our knowledge and experience in developing predictive models of fire growth and smoke transport to develop the capability for making real time predictions in buildings based on transducer information. This will provide a higher level of information for monitoring the environment in buildings, including early warning of system malfunctions, hazardous environments, in-situ monitoring and prediction for building managers as well as real-time assessment of fire fighter conditions.