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8.1 | 1 | === **Health and environmental monitoring – Firefighting** === |
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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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1.1 | 8 | |**TDP**|TDP3, TDP6, TDP7 |
| 9 | |**IDP**|IDP2, IDP4 | ||
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21.1 | 10 | |**Actors**|Firefighter, Squad Leader, Medic, Safety Officer (described at [[4. Personas & Problem Scenarios>>path:/bin/view/Main/sdf/4.%20Scenarios%20%26%20Personas/]] and [[Direct Stakeholders>>path:/bin/view/Main/sdf/Stakeholders/Direct/]]) |
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1.1 | 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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16.2 | 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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15.1 | 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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15.1 | 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.(%%) | ||
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16.1 | 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(%%) |
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15.1 | 29 | (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)c. Alerts escalate automatically for predefined danger levels.(%%)((( |
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15.1 | 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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15.1 | 37 | ))) |
| 38 | 1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Intervention and Team Adjustment**(%%) | ||
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18.1 | 39 | (% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Firefighter is pulled out by team if condition worsens.(%%) |
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15.1 | 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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15.1 | 48 | ))) |
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| 52 | |=**Claims (title)**|=**Function**|=**Effect(s)**|=**Action Sequence Step(s)** | ||
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12.1 | 53 | |**CL1 Decreased physical workload for responders**|Health tracking, wearable alert|((( |
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19.1 | 54 | Reduces physical workload by alerting and preventing overexertion |
| 55 | → Measure with responder stress/effort logs or HR trends. | ||
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4.2 | 56 | )))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a |
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12.1 | 58 | **CL2 Improve safety for responders ** |
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9.1 | 59 | )))|Monitoring and alerting of toxic gasses |
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4.2 | 60 | **Note**: is this an envisioned functionality?|((( |
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10.1 | 61 | Improves safety by reducing (toxic) gas exposure |
| 62 | → Measure with FR time near toxic gasses, or with near incident analysis. | ||
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4.2 | 63 | )))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a |
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20.1 | 65 | **CL3 Improve safety via remote escalation** |
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4.2 | 68 | )))|Safety officer monitors team vitals|((( |
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20.1 | 69 | Improves safety by ensuring safety officers can intervene remotely based on live vitals. |
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19.1 | 70 | → measured as above |
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4.2 | 71 | )))|3a, 3b |
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20.1 | 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. | ||
| 77 | )))|4a, 4b | ||
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12.1 | 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 |
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20.1 | 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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