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UC04.4: Detailed indoor exploration without ANYMAL (USAR)

Last modified by Tjalling Haije on 2026/04/20 10:31
Objective 
Description

Baseline usecase with current way of working for entering a building and extraction victims, augmented with health and location sensors of first-responders for BoO. 

TDP 
IDPIDP1 — Role-Based, Context-Specific Information Distribution 
ActorsSquad leader, Safety officer (at HQ), Entry Team (FRs), structural expert (FR), shoring team (FRs) (described at 4. Personas & Problem Scenarios and Direct Stakeholders)
Pre-Condition
  • Structural integrity of building and whether human entry is safe is unknown; sector/ worksite allocated. Viable entrance identified. 
Post-Condition
  • Health alerts handled; intervention performed if needed.
StatusHazards marked and/or victims detected; team proceeds with increased safety.

Action Sequence

1. Deployment, Startup, and decision making
  • a. Squad leader and Entry Team arrive at building in allocated worksite.
  • b. Structural expert (FR) inspects building from outside. Decides with squad leader if safe entry possible or shoring needed.
  • c. Shoring team does shoring of the building to enable safe entry. 
  • c. Squad leader selects an entry decision (go / no-go / partial entry) and makes decisions regarding: entry team composition, route, objectives, time limits, and abort criteria. The decision is communicated with the BoO.
  • d. First responders do a comms and equipment check with squad leader. Squad leader informs BoO of mission start.

2. Indoor Exploration with two first responders

  • a. First responders enter as pair via the safest viable opening; walky-talkies are used for status updates (location + vitals).
  • b. First responders explores building and provide updates to squad leader via walky-talky, locating blocked corridors, collapse risk, gas/smoke pockets, heat zones, viable routes, possible victims.
  • c. Squad leader monitors state of mission, and communicates progress back to the BoO. 
  • d. Someone notes the encountered dangers (in a form?) from inside the building.

3. Decision making on victim extraction 

  • a. First responders exit the building, and discuss results with squad leader. Squad leader does decision making on priorities for victim extraction, route, etc.
4. Remote Monitoring, Alerts, and Coordinated Escalation
  • a. Squad leader monitors his own team and receives health/location updates from BoO via walky-talky.
  • b. Escalation policy (two-level response): 1) Squad leader action: immediate check-in (voice), buddy-check instruction, micro-reroute to nearest safe point / egress, or pause task. 2) Base of operations action: dispatch medical support / reallocate teams / request additional sensing (robot reposition, drone overwatch), and initiate comms contingency if signal degradation persists.
  • c. If readings normalize, event is closed with a short note; if abnormal readings persist, the squad leader executes abort criteria (partial withdrawal / full extraction) while base coordinates site-level support and deconfliction with other teams.

The above action sequence needs to be checked by a domain expert for validity

Claims (title)FunctionEffect(s)Action Sequence Step(s)
No seperate claims for this usecase. Instead focus on doing questionnaires etc to compare with the ANYMAL version.