IoT devices monitors health of firefighters to ensure safety

Analog Devices and Dell have jointly developing a IoT product to check the health of workers who are working in emergency rescue conditions such as fire, natural calamities and in the difficult conditions. The IOT device check the real time health and safety of these workers. Both the cos have unveiled a proof of concept model. The IoT device which attached to the body of the worker tracks the location and temperature of first responders at all times in or outside of buildings. Smart wearable device worn by personnel to check useful health metrics including breathing rate, breathing volume, and heart rate. Also a connected boot tracks the location and movement. The main function of this product is to track and identify workers and check if they are in trouble. The edge gateway device collects the data from the vest and boot and send via a mobile network to a secure cloud. The results collected from multiple staff and displayed on a portal via a dashboard for access by control teams who may be at the emergency site or in a central control room. This assures the safety of the first respondents, the persons who are attending to dangerous conditions. The solution uses a product called INFINITE, its an Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) approved testbed developed by Dell in collaboration with Vodafone and Cork Institute of Technology to use it in this kind of application...