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A user centred design evaluation of the potential benefits of advanced wireless sensor networks for fire-in-tunnel emergency response
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posted on 2015-09-25, 14:12 authored by Andrew MayAndrew May, Val MitchellVal Mitchell, John PiperThis study aimed to assess, from an end-user perspective, the potential role of reconfigurable wireless networks in responding to a fire-in-tunnel incident. The study was based on a multi-media, scenario-based simulation of an incident, and assessment of the benefits and drawbacks of the new technology by subject matter experts in relation to their operational goals, with particular emphasis on support for situation awareness. Advanced wireless networks were shown to have considerable potential for improving the effectiveness, efficiency and confidence of emergency responders at various phases in a fire-in-tunnel incident, due to access to more accurate, complete and reliable information. A key requirement was to ensure that new technologies provided the right information, not just more information, at the point of need.
Funding
The authors wish to thank the partners in the European Union RUNES project (IST-004536), and the funding contribution made by Kodak European Research.
History
School
- Design
Published in
Fire Safety JournalVolume
64Pages
79 - 88Citation
MAY, A., MITCHELL, V. and PIPER, J. ... et al., 2014. A user centred design evaluation of the potential benefits of advanced wireless sensor networks for fire-in-tunnel emergency response. Fire Safety Journal, 64, pp. 79 - 88.Publisher
© Elsevier Ltd.Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2014Notes
This article was published in the Fire Safety Journal [© Elsevier Ltd.] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2013.11.007ISSN
0379-7112Publisher version
Language
- en