A System for Tracking and Locating Emergency Personnel Inside Buildings

Ilir F. Progri, William R. Michalson, John Orr and David Cyganski

Abstract:	One of the most hazardous jobs firefighters and other emergency personnel must do is to enter a burning building. In this situation, the building floor plan may be unknown (and may change), visibility is impaired, and the locations of other equipment and personnel may change. Combining this situation with a limited air supply and potentially obstructed escape paths results in an extremely dangerous environment. This paper will discuss a system that is currently in development that uses GPS and GPS-like technologies to provide navigation information to emergency personnel inside a building and situation awareness monitoring to personnel outside a building. The paper will present the system architecture and any relevant simulated or experimental results.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2000) September 19 - 22, 2000 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	560 - 568
Cite this article:	Progri, Ilir F., Michalson, William R., Orr, John, Cyganski, David, "A System for Tracking and Locating Emergency Personnel Inside Buildings," Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2000), Salt Lake City, UT, September 2000, pp. 560-568.
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