A WSN-Based Tool for Urban and Industrial Fire-Fighting

This paper describes a WSN tool to increase safety in urban and industrial fire-fighting activities. Unlike most approaches, we assume that there is no preexisting WSN in the building, which involves interesting advantages but imposes some constraints. The system integrates the following functionali...

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Authors: San Bernabé Clemente, Alberto de, Martínez de Dios, José Ramiro, Ollero Baturone, Aníbal
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/50004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/50004
https://doi.org/10.3390/s121115009
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Fire monitoring
Wireless sensor networks
Pervasive computing
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Summary:This paper describes a WSN tool to increase safety in urban and industrial fire-fighting activities. Unlike most approaches, we assume that there is no preexisting WSN in the building, which involves interesting advantages but imposes some constraints. The system integrates the following functionalities: fire monitoring, firefighter monitoring and dynamic escape path guiding. It also includes a robust localization method that employs RSSI-range models dynamically trained to cope with the peculiarities of the environment. The training and application stages of the method are applied simultaneously, resulting in significant adaptability. Besides simulations and laboratory tests, a prototype of the proposed system has been validated in close-to-operational conditions.