LifeRescue: A web based application for emergency responders during fire emergency response

In order to respond to any kind of building fire emergencies, first-responders have to use lot of time to get access to the emergency data such as location of the victims who are still inside the building, location of the hazardous material, location of the resources and location of the exits in order to perform search and rescue. However, search is possibly one of the most dangerous activities on the fire ground. Sometimes the visibility is zero and the environment is really hot. Because of the limited operating time in the building, the key to successful search is how quickly emergency responders can get access to the emergency related information in order to save victims and the property. In this paper, we present a developed web portal called LifeRescue, which enables the emergency responders (both on-scene and remote) to get access to the emergency information during search and rescue operation. This application facilitates awareness of the information such as number of victims who are still inside the building and their location to the emergency responders who are at command center as well as at on-scene. Our system also provides the information related to the location of the fire and also its development through sensor data.