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Mission Statement
“To use advanced technologies available from the Federal Laboratories, industry and
academia to reduce the risk and enhance the safety of firefighters and first responders.”
MOU: Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire & NASA
GOAL:
PBF – FFTF – NASA
To use advanced technologies to reduce the risk and enhance the safety of the firefighting service.
Sponsors
• Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)• NASA Northeast Regional Technology Transfer Center - Center
for Technology Commercialization (CTC) - Public Safety Technology Center
Member Departments
Boston, MA
Fremont, CA
Miami, FL
Minneapolis, MN
New York, NY
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, OR
San Antonio, TX
St. Louis, MO
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
Metro Fire Chiefs (MFC)
and
Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)
*Initially signed in 2001 & renewed in 2003
Areas of Investigation
• Improved Communications– noise reduction & control technologies
• Vision enhancement technologies• Advanced tracking system for locating personnel & equipment in
a burning building• Environmental monitoring systems• Lightweight, heat-resistant, self-extinguishing materials for fire
fighting equipment, clothing & hoses• Improved lightweight tools• Apparatus
Technology Priorities
• Hands - free communication in high noise• Enhanced visibility through dense smoke• Tracking & monitoring inside buildings• Next generation fire apparatus• Wildland fires
Laboratory Members
• Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks Air Force Base
• Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen
• Army Research Laboratory, Ft. Benning
• Berkeley National Laboratory
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• NASA Johnson Space Center
• NASA Kennedy Space Center
• NASA Langley Research Center
• NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
• Naval Research Laboratory
• Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head
• Naval Surface Warfare Center,Panama City
• Naval Undersea Warfare Center• Navy Clothing & Textile Research Facility• Night Vision & Electronic Sensors
Directorate• National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH)• National Institute of Standards and
Testing (NIST)• Picatinny Arsenal• Sandia National Laboratories• University of Maryland• US Fire Administration / Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Wright Patterson Air Force Base
FFTF Technology Transfer Process
• End User Driven - Close interaction between FFTF Coordinator and Firefighting Service
• Champion at Each and Every Stage - Project Coordinator End User Sounding Board/Trials & Demo (by Fire
Departments) FLC/Lab Commitment - Extra Mile Industry - Commit to Bridge R&D
Technology Priorities
• Hands - free communication in high noise*• Enhanced visibility through dense smoke• Tracking & monitoring inside buildings• Next generation fire apparatus• Wildland fires
*Licensed by the Navy to Radioear/Sensory Devices
Bone Conduction HeadsetsTransmitting:
The act of speaking causes the skull to vibrate. These vibrations are picked up by the forehead contact microphone.
Receiving:• Radio Message is fed into bone
conduction speaker• Speech is converted to vibration• Skull bones are vibrated by speaker
transmitting vibration to inner ear• User hears radio message the same as if
it had been transmitted via air through outer and middle ear
Advantages:Firefighters do not have to shout, thereby conserving energy and maintaining calm; background noise is greatly eliminated.
Technology Priorities
• Hands - free communication in high noise• Enhanced visibility through dense smoke*• Tracking & monitoring inside buildings• Next generation fire apparatus• Wildland fires
*CRADA between Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate & Sage Technologies
Helmet Mounted Thermal Imager
• Light weight, low cost helmet mounted imagery systems
• Improves mobility, survivability, fire detection, personnel rescue and incident command
Weight 17 ounces
Housing Ultem
Mounting Helmet or mask
Battery Type 9v Lithium
Battery Life 3.5 Hours
Temp Ranges 70°c for 45 min120°c for 10 min340°c for 5 min
Technology Priorities
• Hands - free communication in high noise• Enhanced visibility through dense smoke• Tracking & monitoring inside buildings • Next generation fire apparatus• Wildland fires
Position-Location System
• Accurate (to 1 meter), easy to set-up and operate, affordable firefighter position location and tracking system
• Designed for interior operations
• Each firefighter transmits a unique digital identification code
• Small worn or dropped Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Transceivers track relative locations
• Combination of UWBs creates a wireless network
• Signal “Flight Time” (TDOA-Time Delay Of Arrival) and arrival angle determines exact horizontal and vertical position
Range: 150-350 feet indoors
Accuracy: 1 meter both horizontal & vertical
Usability: All normal residential and low-risecommercial office buildings
Position-Location System
• Base station uses angle of arrival (AOA) to fix exact position of at least 3 nodes
• Other nodes use ranging to position themselves in the network
• Nodes broadcast ID and ranging information - base station builds node map
• Firefighter unit ranges to 3 or more nodes and broadcast ID and range information
• Base station receives firefighter information and displays position of nodes and track of firefighters
• Firefight unit displays position of base station and other firefighters
Technology Priorities
• Hands - free communication in high noise• Enhanced visibility through dense smoke• Tracking & monitoring inside buildings • Next generation fire apparatus• Wildland fires
Conclusion
The technology transfer process used by the Fire Fighting Task Force is an end-user driven model and can only be declared
successful if it ultimately results in affordable, practical and reliable commercially available products/devices to enhance the safety of
firefighters and first responders.
Thank You For Your Time
Please contact me
Robert SabaFFTF Coordinator
4170 La Tache Court
Allison Park, PA 15101
Email: [email protected]
Phone/Fax: 412.492.8551