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| 1 | === **Health and environmental monitoring – 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]] | ||
| 7 | ))) | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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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| 20 | (% start="1" style="list-style-type:decimal" type="1" %) | ||
| 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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| 25 | ))) | ||
| 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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| 31 | ))) | ||
| 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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| 37 | ))) | ||
| 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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| 43 | ))) | ||
| 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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| 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 → Measure with ?? | ||
| 55 | )))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a | ||
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| 57 | **CL2 Improve safety for responders ** | ||
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| 60 | (gedrag (SA) > houden afstand van hazard (e.g. gas)) | ||
| 61 | )))|Monitoring and alerting of toxic gasses | ||
| 62 | **Note**: is this an envisioned functionality?|((( | ||
| 63 | Improves safety by reducing (toxic) gas exposure | ||
| 64 | → Measure with FR time near toxic gasses, or with near incident analysis. | ||
| 65 | )))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a | ||
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| 67 | **CL4 Improve safety of responders for the commander** | ||
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| 70 | )))|Safety officer monitors team vitals|((( | ||
| 71 | Safety officer improves safety of FR by double checking FR status → measured as above | ||
| 72 | )))|3a, 3b | ||
| 73 | |**CL5 Decrease physical workload for responders**|Safety officer monitors team vitals|Safety officer decreases physical workload by double checking FR status → measured as above| | ||
| 74 | |**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 | ||
| 75 | → Measure with NASA TLX ?|3a, 3b | ||
| 76 | |**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 | ||
| 77 | → measure with ?? |5a, 5b | ||
| 78 | |**CL8 Task performance increased**|All of the other functions|Task is completed quicker and with better results due to more efficient use of personnel | ||
| 79 | → Measure with time to mission completion and quality?|all steps | ||
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