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Rosa Van Tuijn 8.1 1 === **Health and environmental monitoring – Firefighting** ===
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Tjalling Haije 3.1 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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Mark Rinse van Koningsveld 1.1 8 |**TDP**|TDP3, TDP6, TDP7
9 |**IDP**|IDP2, IDP4
10 |**Actors**|Firefighter, Squad Leader, Medic, Safety Officer
11 |**Pre-Condition**|Wearables are active and connected before firefighters enter the danger zone.
12 |**Post-Condition**|Health alerts handled; intervention performed if needed.
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19 === (% style="font-weight:normal" %)**Action Sequence**(%%) ===
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28 1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Equipment Check and Deployment**(%%)
29 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Firefighters quickly put on wearable sensors when mission is confirmed(%%)
30 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Safety officer confirms connectivity before entry.(%%)(((
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33 1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Live Monitoring in Action**(%%)
34 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Vitals (e.g. heart rate, CO exposure) are tracked during fire suppression.(%%)
35 (% 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(%%)
36 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)c. Alerts escalate automatically for predefined danger levels.(%%)(((
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39 1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Remote Oversight and Alerts**(%%)
40 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Safety officer monitors dashboard for all team vitals with simple colour indicators(%%)
41 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Critical alerts are sent to squad leader.(%%)
42 (% 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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45 1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Intervention and Team Adjustment**(%%)
46 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Firefighter is pulled out if condition worsens.(%%)
47 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Medic assesses and logs health data.(%%)
48 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)c. Squad leader adjusts team composition or rest timing.(%%)(((
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51 1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Post-Incident Reporting**(%%)
52 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. System logs are exported for incident review.(%%)
53 (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) b. Health data supports tactical evaluation and accountability.(%%)(((
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59 |=**Claims (title)**|=**Function**|=**Effect(s)**|=**Action Sequence Step(s)**
Tjalling Haije 12.1 60 |**CL1 Decreased physical workload for responders**|Health tracking, wearable alert|(((
Tjalling Haije 10.1 61 Reduces physical workload by alerting and preventing overexertion → Measure with ??
Tjalling Haije 4.2 62 )))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a
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Tjalling Haije 12.1 64 **CL2 Improve safety for responders **
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67 (gedrag (SA) > houden afstand van hazard (e.g. gas))
68 )))|Monitoring and alerting of toxic gasses
Tjalling Haije 4.2 69 **Note**: is this an envisioned functionality?|(((
Tjalling Haije 10.1 70 Improves safety by reducing (toxic) gas exposure
71 → Measure with FR time near toxic gasses, or with near incident analysis.
Tjalling Haije 4.2 72 )))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a
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Tjalling Haije 12.1 74 **CL4 Improve safety of responders for the commander**
Tjalling Haije 4.2 75
Tjalling Haije 14.1 76
Tjalling Haije 4.2 77 )))|Safety officer monitors team vitals|(((
Tjalling Haije 14.1 78 Safety officer improves safety of FR by double checking FR status → measured as above
Tjalling Haije 4.2 79 )))|3a, 3b
Tjalling Haije 14.1 80 |**CL5 Decrease physical workload for responders**|Safety officer monitors team vitals|Safety officer decreases physical workload by double checking FR status → measured as above|
Tjalling Haije 12.1 81 |**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
Tjalling Haije 10.1 82 → Measure with NASA TLX ?|3a, 3b
Tjalling Haije 12.1 83 |**CL7 Support continuous learning with health data for after action review**|Health data over time of all FR is exported (and replayable?) after mission|Lessons learned can be idenitified and incorporated incorporated effectively
Tjalling Haije 10.1 84 → measure with ?? |5a, 5b
Tjalling Haije 12.1 85 |**CL8 Task performance increased**|All of the other functions|Task is completed quicker and with better results due to more efficient use of personnel
Tjalling Haije 10.1 86 → Measure with time to mission completion and quality?|all steps
Tjalling Haije 4.2 87
Mark Rinse van Koningsveld 1.1 88