Building Fire Emergency Detection and Response Using Wireless Sensor Networks

Authors

Yuanyuan Zeng, University College CorkFollow
Sean Og Murphy, University College CorkFollow
Lanny Sitanayah, University College CorkFollow
Tatiana Tabirca, University College CorkFollow
Thuy Truong, University College CorkFollow
Ken Brown, University College CorkFollow
Cormac Sreenan, University Collge CorkFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

1.2 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Publication Details

Paper presented at the Ninth IT and T Conference, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 22nd. -23rd. October, 2009.

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) provide a low cost solution with respect to maintenance and installation and in particular, building refurbishment and retrofitting are easily accomplished via wireless technologies. Fire emergency detection and response for building environments is a novel application area for the deployment of wireless sensor networks. In such a critical environment, timely data acquisition, detection and response are needed for successful building automation. This paper presents an overview of our recent research activity in this area. Firstly we explain research on communication protocols that are suitable for this problem. Then we describe work on the use of WSNs to improve fire evacuation and navigation.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/905m-np47

Recommended Citation

Zeng, Y., Murphy, S., & Sitanayah, L. (2009). Building fire emergency detection and response using wireless sensor networks. Ninth IT and T Conference, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 22nd-23rd October. doi:10.21427/905m-np47