Method and system of sensor-based smart unlocking of a firefighter air replenishment system
Disclosed are methods and a system of sensor-based smart unlocking of a firefighter air replenishment system. A safety system of an occupiable structure includes a breathable-air supply system to facilitate delivery of breathable air from a source of compressed air, and a fill station in a fire-rated evacuation area of the occupiable structure to supply the breathable air to an emergency personnel. The safety system also includes a smart lock associated with the breathable-air supply system to automatically unlock one or more location(s) of the breathable-air supply system usable by the emergency personnel to access the breathable air during an emergency state of the occupiable structure, and a sensor associated with the breathable-air supply system to detect the emergency state of the occupiable structure.
1. A safety system of an occupiable structure, comprising:
a breathable-air supply system to facilitate delivery of breathable air from a source of compressed air;
a fill station in a fire-rated evacuation area of the occupiable structure to supply the breathable air to an emergency personnel;
a smart lock associated with the breathable-air supply system to automatically unlock at least one location of the breathable-air supply system usable by the emergency personnel to access the breathable air during an emergency state of the occupiable structure; and
a sensor associated with the breathable-air supply system to detect the emergency state of the occupiable structure and generate a signal causing the smart lock to automatically unlock the at least one location of the fill station, responsive to detection of the emergency state of the occupiable structure, wherein the emergency state of the occupiable structure corresponds at least one of a level of ambient carbon dioxide, a level of ambient oxygen, a level of nitrogen, a level of ambient carbon monoxide, condensed hydrocarbon, a moisture concentration, a temperature, power parameters, air leakage, or a presence of smoke.
2. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein:
the smart lock associated with the breathable-air supply system automatically locks the at least one location of the breathable-air supply system required by the emergency personnel to access the breathable air when the emergency state ends and a normal state of the occupiable structure is detected.
3. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein the breathable-air supply system is housed in an air storage sub-system appurtenant to the occupiable structure.
4. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein a lock state and an unlock state of the smart lock is determined based on a sensory data of the sensor associated with the breathable-air supply system.
5. The safety system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one location of the breathable-air supply system required by the emergency personnel to access the breathable air during the emergency state of the occupiable structure includes a video camera that captures a visual recording when the at least one location is being accessed by anyone in the unlock state.
6. The safety system of claim 5 , wherein the video camera also records an audio communication ambient to the at least one location.
7. The safety system of claim 6 , wherein at least one of: the visual recording and the audio communication is communicated to at least one of: a remote fire command center, an onsite fire command center and a fire command room.
8. The safety system of claim 6 , wherein the breathable-air supply system automatically transcribes the audio communication and/or the visual recording of the at least one location.
9. The safety system of claim 7 , wherein the breathable-air supply system automatically provides a situational awareness recommendation to the at least one of: the remote fire command center, the onsite fire command center and the fire command room using an artificial intelligence algorithm based on a regression analysis of the sensory data.
10. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor further comprises:
a carbon monoxide sensor which triggers the emergency state when a level of ambient carbon monoxide exceeds a first predetermined threshold value.
11. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor further comprises:
a carbon dioxide sensor that triggers the emergency state when a level of ambient carbon dioxide exceeds a second predetermined threshold value.
12. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor further comprises:
an oxygen level sensor that triggers the emergency state when a level of ambient oxygen falls outside a predetermined range of values.
13. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor further comprises:
a nitrogen level sensor that triggers the emergency state when a level of nitrogen falls below a third predetermined threshold value and when the level of nitrogen rises above a fourth predetermined threshold value.
14. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor further comprises:
a hydrocarbon sensor that triggers the emergency state when a condensed hydrocarbon content exceeds a fifth predetermined threshold value.
15. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor further comprises:
a moisture sensor that triggers the emergency state when a moisture concentration exceeds a sixth predetermined threshold value.
16. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor further comprises:
a pressure sensor that triggers the emergency state when a pressure falls below a seventh predetermined threshold value of a maintenance pressure specified in a fire code.
17. The safety system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
the at least one location of the breathable-air supply system comprises at least one of: an exterior mobile air connection panel, an air monitoring closet, an air monitoring room, an air storage closet, an air storage room, a fire command center, a fire command room, a fire alarm panel, a computing device executing a software application thereon, a fill station of the occupiable structure, and a temporarily established fill station connected to a compressed air source during the emergency state,
the smart lock associated with the breathable-air supply system automatically unlocks each location of the breathable-air supply system usable during the emergency state of the occupiable structure,
the fire-rated evacuation area of the occupiable structure is a stairwell, and
the sensor associated with the breathable-air supply system comprises an array of sensors.
18. A method of a safety system of an occupiable structure, comprising:
facilitating a breathable-air supply system to deliver breathable air from a source of compressed air;
supplying the breathable air to an emergency personnel through a fill station in a fire-rated evacuation area of the occupiable structure;
automatically unlocking a smart lock associated with the breathable-air supply system to permit entry to at least one location of the breathable-air supply system usable by the emergency personnel to access the breathable air during an emergency state of the occupiable structure;
integrating a sensor within the breathable-air supply system to detect the emergency state based on a threshold level of an air quality parameter; and
configuring the sensor to trigger an alert signal to automatically unlock the smart lock on the detection of the emergency state and generate the alert signal causing the smart lock to automatically unlock the at least one location of the fill station, responsive to detection of the emergency state of the occupiable structure, wherein the emergency state of the occupiable structure corresponds at least one of a level of ambient carbon dioxide, a level of ambient oxygen, a level of nitrogen, a level of ambient carbon monoxide, condensed hydrocarbon, a moisture concentration, a temperature, power parameters, air leakage, or a presence of smoke.
19. The method of claim 18 , comprising automatically locking the at least one location of the breathable-air supply system required by the emergency personnel to access the breathable air when the emergency state ends and a normal state of the occupiable structure is detected by the sensor.
20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising automatically recording, through a video camera, an audiovisual incident to communicate to at least one of: a remote fire command center, an onsite fire command center and a fire command room through a cloud computing network, when the at least one location is accessed by at least one of: an unauthorized person and the emergency personnel in an unlock state of the smart lock.
21. The method of claim 20 , comprising automatically providing, through the breathable-air supply system, a situational awareness recommendation to the at least one of: the remote fire command center, the onsite fire command center and the fire command room using an artificial intelligence algorithm based on a regression analysis of a sensory data of the sensor.
22. The method of claim 18 , comprising providing the sensor with at least one of: a carbon monoxide sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, an oxygen level sensor, a nitrogen level sensor, a hydrocarbon sensor, a moisture sensor, and a pressure sensor.
23. The method of claim 20 , comprising generating a trigger signal to alert at least one of: the emergency personnel, the remote fire command center, the onsite fire command center and the fire command room based on detecting tampering of the smart lock associated with the breathable-air supply system.
24. The method of claim 18 , comprising:
the at least one location comprising at least of: an exterior mobile air connection panel, an air monitoring closet, an air monitoring room, an air storage closet, an air storage room, a fire command center, a fire command room, a fire alarm panel, a computing device executing a software application thereon, a fill station of the occupiable structure, and a temporarily established fill station connected to a compressed air source during the emergency state;
the smart lock associated with the breathable-air supply system automatically unlocking each location of the breathable-air supply system usable during the emergency state of the occupiable structure;
the fire-rated evacuation area of the occupiable structure is a stairwell;
the sensor within the breathable-air supply system comprises an array of sensors; and
accessing the smart lock using at least one of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system, a smart card, a key fob access, a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), a physical key, a biometric system, and a web-based identification system.
25. The method of claim 22 , comprising automatically triggering the emergency state using the carbon monoxide sensor when a level of ambient carbon monoxide exceeds a first predetermined threshold value.
26. The method of claim 22 , comprising automatically triggering the emergency state using the carbon dioxide sensor when a level of ambient carbon dioxide exceeds a second predetermined threshold value.
27. The method of claim 22 , comprising automatically triggering the emergency state using the oxygen level sensor when a level of ambient oxygen falls outside a predetermined range of values.
28. The method of claim 22 , comprising automatically triggering the emergency state using the nitrogen level sensor when a level of nitrogen falls below a third predetermined threshold value and when the level of nitrogen rises above a fourth predetermined threshold value.
29. The method of claim 22 , comprising automatically triggering the emergency state using the hydrocarbon sensor when a condensed hydrocarbon content exceeds a fifth predetermined threshold value.
30. The method of claim 22 , comprising automatically triggering the emergency state using the moisture sensor when a moisture concentration exceeds a sixth predetermined threshold value.
31. The method of claim 22 , comprising automatically triggering the emergency state using the pressure sensor when a pressure falls below a seventh predetermined threshold value.
32. A method of a safety system of an occupiable structure, comprising:
facilitating a breathable-air supply system to deliver breathable air from a source of compressed air;
supplying the breathable air to an emergency personnel through a fill station in a fire-rated evacuation area of the occupiable structure;
automatically unlocking a smart lock associated with the breathable-air supply system to permit entry to each location of the breathable-air supply system usable by the emergency personnel to access the breathable air during an emergency state of the occupiable structure;
integrating a sensor within the breathable-air supply system to detect the emergency state based on a threshold level of an air quality parameter; and
configuring the sensor to trigger an alert signal to automatically unlock the smart lock on the detection of the emergency state and generate the alert signal causing the smart lock to automatically unlock the at least one location of the fill station, responsive to detection of the emergency state of the occupiable structure, wherein the emergency state of the occupiable structure corresponds at least one of a level of ambient carbon dioxide, a level of ambient oxygen, a level of nitrogen, a level of ambient carbon monoxide, condensed hydrocarbon, a moisture concentration, a temperature, power parameters, air leakage, or a presence of smoke.