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1 -UC01.1: Health and environmental monitoring (Firefighters)
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1 -=== **Health and environmental monitoring – Firefighting** ===
1 +=== **Health Sensor – Firefighting** ===
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3 -|=**Objective**|=(((
4 -[[OB03: Improve first responder health through monitoring of physical and mental state >>2\. Specification.Objectives.OB03\: Improve health through monitoring of physical and mental state .WebHome]]
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6 -[[OB04: Improve safety by providing overviews and warnings of environment conditions>>2\. Specification.Objectives.OB04\: Improve safety by providing overviews and warnings of environment conditions.WebHome]]
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3 +|=**Objective**|=Use health sensors to monitor firefighter vitals during operations, improving responder safety and enabling command decisions.
8 8  |**TDP**|TDP3, TDP6, TDP7
9 9  |**IDP**|IDP2, IDP4
10 10  |**Actors**|Firefighter, Squad Leader, Medic, Safety Officer
11 11  |**Pre-Condition**|Wearables are active and connected before firefighters enter the danger zone.
12 12  |**Post-Condition**|Health alerts handled; intervention performed if needed.
13 -|**Status**|Validated during and refined after CFT 1, CFT 2, CFT 3
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18 -=== (% style="font-weight:normal" %)**Action Sequence**(%%) ===
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21 -1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Equipment Check and Deployment**(%%)
22 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Firefighters quickly put on wearable sensors when mission is confirmed(%%)
23 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Safety officer confirms connectivity before entry.(%%)(((
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26 -1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Live Monitoring in Action**(%%)
27 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Vitals (e.g. heart rate, CO exposure) are tracked during fire suppression.(%%)
28 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Firefighters receive vibration or LED warnings if thresholds exceeded, but can turn these off when needed(%%)
29 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)c. Alerts escalate automatically for predefined danger levels.(%%)(((
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32 -1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Remote Oversight and Alerts**(%%)
33 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Safety officer monitors dashboard for all team vitals with simple colour indicators(%%)
34 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Critical alerts are sent to squad leader.(%%)
35 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)c. Local health services prepare for immediate support if triggered. In case of a false alarm squad lead is able to cancel it.(%%)(((
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38 -1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Intervention and Team Adjustment**(%%)
39 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Firefighter is pulled out by team if condition worsens.(%%)
40 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Medic assesses and logs health data.(%%)
41 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)c. Squad leader adjusts team composition or rest timing.(%%)(((
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44 -1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Post-Incident Reporting**(%%)
45 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. System logs are exported for incident review.(%%)
46 -(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) b. Health data supports tactical evaluation and accountability.(%%)(((
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14 +=== **Action Sequence** ===
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16 +1. **Equipment Check and Deployment**
17 + a. Firefighters receive wearable sensors at briefing.
18 + b. Devices are synced to central system and tested.
19 + c. Safety officer confirms connectivity before entry.
20 +1. **Live Monitoring in Action**
21 + a. Vitals (e.g. heart rate, CO exposure) are tracked during fire suppression.
22 + b. Firefighters receive vibration or LED warnings if thresholds exceeded.
23 + c. Alerts escalate automatically for predefined danger levels.
24 +1. **Remote Oversight and Alerts**
25 + a. Safety officer monitors dashboard for all team vitals.
26 + b. Critical alerts are sent to squad leader.
27 + c. Medic prepares for immediate support if triggered.
28 +1. **Intervention and Team Adjustment**
29 + a. Firefighter is pulled out if condition worsens.
30 + b. Medic assesses and logs health data.
31 + c. Squad leader adjusts team composition or rest timing.
32 +1. **Post-Incident Reporting**
33 + a. System logs are exported for incident review.
34 + b. Health data supports tactical evaluation and accountability.
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52 52  |=**Claims (title)**|=**Function**|=**Effect(s)**|=**Action Sequence Step(s)**
53 -|**CL1 Decreased physical workload for responders**|Health tracking, wearable alert|(((
54 -Reduces physical workload by alerting and preventing overexertion
55 -→ Measure with responder stress/effort logs or HR trends.
56 -)))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a
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58 -**CL2 Improve safety for responders **
59 -)))|Monitoring and alerting of toxic gasses
60 -**Note**: is this an envisioned functionality?|(((
61 -Improves safety by reducing (toxic) gas exposure
62 -→ Measure with FR time near toxic gasses, or with near incident analysis.
63 -)))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a
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65 -**CL3 Improve safety via remote escalation**
39 +|CL1 Heightened safety for responders|Health tracking, Alert escalation|Prevents unnoticed overexertion or gas exposure|2a, 2c, 3a
40 +|CL2 SA for own condition|Wearable alerts|Responders recognize and act on stress|2b
41 +|CL3 SA for command|Live dashboard, Auto-alerts|Command can intervene based on data|3a, 3b
42 +|CL4 Operational effectiveness|Medical input, Tactical decisions|Supports better crew deployment and rotation|4c, 5b
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68 -)))|Safety officer monitors team vitals|(((
69 -Improves safety by ensuring safety officers can intervene remotely based on live vitals.
70 -→ measured as above
71 -)))|3a, 3b
72 -|**CL4 Decrease physical workload for responders**|Safety officer monitors team vitals|Safety officer decreases physical workload by double checking FR status
73 -→ measured as above|3a
74 -|**CL5 Improve medical decision-making**|Medical triage supported by sensor data|(((
75 -Increases effectiveness and efficiency through informed medical response and appropriate treatment via vitals history.
76 -→ measure with time for FR treatment and FR time-to-recovery.
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78 -|**CL6 Improved SA on personnel status for team lead (and command)**|Alert escalation, Live dashboard, Auto-alerts|Command has improved SA on health status of personnel
79 -→ Measure with NASA TLX ?|3a, 3b, 4a
80 -|**CL7 Support continuous learning with health data for after action review**|Health data over time of all first responders is exported (and replayable?) after mission|Lessons learned can be identified and incorporated incorporated effectively
81 -→ Measure with incorporation in debriefing and training protocols using questionnaire / interview?|5a, 5b
82 -|**CL8 Improve mission performance**|Combination of all functions|Task is completed quicker and with better results due to more efficient use of personnel
83 -→ Measure with task time, number of extractions avoided, or successful rescues.|all steps
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