Dalmatian Project

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Dalmatian Project

• A Wireless Sensor Network to Assist Firefighters
• Jim Holland
• Tim Biles

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• Problem
• Locating firefighters
• Knowing which firefighters are in a structure
• Finding injured firefighters

• Solution
• Firewalker
• Current location
• Firemote
• Provide a path to an exit
• Provide a path to an injured firefighter

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System Description

• Watchdog
• Command and Control Center
• Monitor
• Firewalker
• Firefighter Location
• Firemote
• Sensor Network
• Firefighter Assistance
• Ad Hoc Network

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Firewalker

• Hardware
• Sensor Module
• Firemote dispatcher
• Software
• Data Acquisition
• Path Calculation
• Path Calibration

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Firewalker Path Calculation
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Firemote

• Hardware
• Mote
• Sensor Module
• Software
• Data Acquisition
• Compile Algorithm
• Alarm Mode
• Packet Transmission

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Data Compiling and Transmission
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Alarm Data Transfer
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Other System Functionality

• Firefighter Assist Modes
• Exit Path
• Incapacitated Firefighter Location
• Environmental Sensing

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Techniques Used

• Interview with Firefighters
• Identifying the problem
• Brainstorming
• System Use Case
• Sequence needed to solve the problem
• Identified actors and agents
• Active Storyboarding

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Expanding the Concept

• Simulations
• Prototyping
• Hardware
• Software Testing algorithm validity
• Spiral Model

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References

• Stargate
• http//www.xbow.com/Products/Product_pdf_files/Wir
  eless_pdf/6020-0049-01_A_STARGATE.pdf
• Mica 2 Dot
• http//www.xbow.com/Products/Product_pdf_files/Wir
  eless_pdf/6020-0043-03_A_MICA2DOT.pdf
• Mica 2
• http//www.xbow.com/Products/Product_pdf_files/Wir
  eless_pdf/6020-0042-04_A_MICA2.pdf
• TinyOS Naming Conventions http//cs.uccs.edu/7Ecs
  526/mote/tinyos/tutorial/naming.html
• TinyOS Reference Page
• http//today.cs.berkeley.edu/tos/index.html
• Ad Hoc Sensor Networks and On Demand Distance
  Vector Routing http//gunther.smeal.psu.edu/contex
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