A Wireless In-door System for Assisting Victims and Rescue Equipments in a Disaster Management

摘要

This paper presents a system based on electronic equipments, standard mobile phones and WLAN networks for managing evacuation routes, or for obtaining information about victims’ location and status, whenever a building collapses due to a disaster like earthquakes. The system is based on the standard Blue tooth specification to guarantee their application in indoor areas. The electronic equipments, their specifications and communication links, and the implications and viability of the entire system are analyzed in this work.