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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]]
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8 |**TDP**|TDP3, TDP6, TDP7
9 |**IDP**|IDP2, IDP4
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/]])
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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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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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**
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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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