Mobile emergency device for emergency personnel

1. A mobile emergency device configured to communicate with a fire safety portion of a building automation system, the emergency device comprising:

a wireless communications component;

a processor in communication with the wireless communications component;

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory configured to store computer readable instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the computer readable instructions are programmed to:

process an emergency communication via the wireless communications component, wherein the emergency communication relates to the fire safety portion and is received directly from an emergency device deployed within a building automation system to thereby allow direct communication between a user and the emergency device;

generate display data based on the received emergency communication; and

communicate the display data for presentation to the user.

2. The emergency device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication component is a transceiver.

3. The emergency device of claim 2 , wherein the transceiver is selected from the group consisting of: a ZigBee-compliant transceiver; a wireless fidelity (WiFi) radio; a cellular radio, an ultrasonic transceiver; an infrared transceiver; a global positioning sensor transceiver and an RF radio.

4. The emergency device of claim 1 , wherein the emergency device includes a transceiver configured to communicate with the wireless communication component.

5. The emergency device of claim 1 , wherein the emergency communication includes information selected from the group consisting of:

a temperature indication; an air quality indication; an oxygen-level reading;

a location indication; structure layout information; fire location information;

hazardous material location information and location information related to other personnel.

6. The emergency device of claim 1 , wherein the emergency communication includes location information representative of a building zone defined within a structure.

7. The emergency device of claim 1 further comprising:

a camera configured to capture environmental information and provide the environmental information to the processor.

8. The emergency device of claim 7 , wherein the camera is a dual mode camera configured to capture infrared environmental information and visible spectrum environmental information.

9. An emergency system configured for cooperation with a building automation system, the emergency system comprising:

an automation component having a wireless communication component, the first automation component configured to:

generate an emergency communication, wherein the emergency communication is related to a structure;

communicate the emergency communication via the wireless communication component; and

an emergency device in communication with, at least, the automation component, the emergency device configured to:

process an emergency communication received via the wireless communications component, wherein the emergency communication is directly communicated from the automation component to thereby establish a direct communication link between a user and the automation component;

generate display data based on the received emergency communication; and

communicate the display data for presentation to the user.

10. The emergency device of claim 9 , wherein emergency device includes a wireless communication component.

11. The emergency device of claim 10 , wherein the wireless communication component is selected from the group consisting of: a ZigBee-compliant transceiver; a wireless fidelity (WiFi) radio; a cellular radio, an ultrasonic transceiver; an infrared transceiver; a global positioning sensor transceiver and an RF radio.

12. The emergency device of claim 9 , wherein the emergency communication includes information selected from the group consisting of:

a temperature indication; an air quality indication; an oxygen-level reading;

a location indication; structure layout information; fire location information;

hazardous material location information and location information related to other personnel.

13. The emergency device of claim 9 , wherein the emergency communication includes location information representative of a building zone defined within a structure.

14. The emergency device of claim 9 further comprising:

a camera configured to capture environmental information and provide the environmental information to the processor.

15. The emergency device of claim 14 , wherein the camera is a dual mode camera configured to capture infrared environmental information and visible spectrum environmental information.

16. A mobile emergency device configured to directly communicate with a fire safety component of a building automation system, the emergency device comprising:

a wireless communications component;

a processor in communication with the wireless communications component;

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory configured to store computer readable instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the computer readable instructions are programmed to:

determine location information relating to a position of the wireless communications component;

generate an emergency communication that relates to the fire safety component and that contains the determined location information;

communicate the emergency communication via the wireless communications component directly to an emergency device deployed within a building automation system and establish a direct communication link therebetween.

17. The emergency device of claim 16 , wherein the location information is determined from a group consisting of: a global positioning sensor reading; an inertial navigation system and a manual input.

18. The emergency device of claim 16 , wherein the wireless communications component is selected from the group consisting of: a ZigBee-compliant transceiver; a wireless fidelity (WiFi) radio; a cellular radio, an ultrasonic transceiver; an infrared transceiver; a global positioning sensor transceiver and an RF radio.

19. The emergency device of claim 16 , wherein the emergency communication includes information selected from the group consisting of:

a temperature indication; an air quality indication; an oxygen-level reading;

a location indication; structure layout information; fire location information;

hazardous material location information and location information related to other personnel.