SIREN: Context-aware Computing for Firefighting
Using ubiquitous computing technologies to support
emergency response
Our field study of firefighting practices spanned four
months and included over 30 hours of interviews and user testing with
14 firefighters in 3 fire departments. We conducted interviews at fire
stations, which helped us learn about their organizational structure,
tools, routines, regular interactions, and typical environment.
Based on this extensive field study, we have developed
a system called Siren to support tacit communication between
firefighters. Siren provides a foundation for gathering, integrating,
and distributing contextual data, such as location and temperature.
In the News:
Contra
Costa Times, "Academics Apply Science to Hazards of Firefighters,"
January 13, 2003. Available here.
BBC NEWS, "Tech Comes
to Rescue of Firefighters," February 5, 2003. Available here.
Videos
Overview of Siren Project
Windows Media Player 7 or above: 300 Kbps
- 640×480
Publications
Jiang, X., N.Y. Chen, J.I. Hong, K.
Wang, L.A. Takayama, and J.A.
Landay. Siren: Context-aware Computing for Firefighting. In the Proceedings
of Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive
2004). , Vienna, Austria, April 18 - April 23, 2004. Available in PDF
Jiang, X., J.I. Hong, L.A. Takayama, and J.A. Landay, Ubiquitous
Computing for Firefighters: Field Studies and Prototypes of Large
Displays for Incident Command. In the CHI Letters (Human Factors in
Computing Systems: CHI 2004). , Vienna, Austria, April 24 - 29,
2004. Available in PDF
Takayama, L., Leung, L., Jiang, X., and Hong, J. "You're Getting
Warmer! How Proximity Information Affects Search Behavior in Physical
Spaces" in the Extended Abstracts of Human Factors in Computing
Systems: CHI2003, April 5-10, 2003. PDF
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