A Concept for Support of Firefighter Frontline Communication

Scholz, Markus; Gordon, Dawud; Ramı́rez, Leonardo; Sigg, Stephan; Dyrks, Tobias; Beigl, Michael

doi:10.3390/fi5020113

Cited by 14 publications

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“…Current limitations in applications were eliminated by creating the content with GUI best practices [34,41], which involved dividing the content into zones containing primary, secondary, and tertiary content. Furthermore, functions that support personalized feedback were included, such as charts, statistics, and measurement reports.…”

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Prototypes of User Interfaces for Mobile Applications for Patients with Diabetes

2018

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We live in a heavily technologized global society. It is therefore not surprising that efforts are being made to integrate current information technology into the treatment of diabetes mellitus. This paper is dedicated to improving the treatment of this disease through the use of well-designed mobile applications. Our analysis of relevant literature sources and existing solutions has revealed that the current state of mobile applications for diabetics is unsatisfactory. These limitations relate both to the content and the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of existing applications. Following the analysis of relevant studies, there are four key elements that a diabetes mobile application should contain. These elements are: (1) blood glucose levels monitoring; (2) effective treatment; (3) proper eating habits; and (4) physical activity. As the next step in this study, three prototypes of new mobile applications were designed. Each of the prototypes represents one group of applications according to a set of given rules. The most optimal solution based on the users’ preferences was determined by using a questionnaire survey conducted with a sample of 30 respondents participating in a questionnaire after providing their informed consent. The age of participants was from 15 until 30 years old, where gender was split to 13 males and 17 females. As a result of this study, the specifications of the proposed application were identified, which aims to respond to the findings discovered in the analytical part of the study, and to eliminate the limitations of the current solutions. All of the respondents expressed preference for an application that includes not only the key functions, but a number of additional functions, namely synchronization with one of the external devices for measuring blood glucose levels, while five-sixths of them found suggested additional functions as being sufficient.

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Prototypes of User Interfaces for Mobile Applications for Patients with Diabetes

2018

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“…Communication was another significant challenge in emergency response [18,30,39,77,85]. Toups et al [85] identified two communication methods in the field: face-to-face interactions and shared radio communication.…”

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Exploring the Design Space of Optical See-through AR Head-Mounted Displays to Support First Responders in the Field

Zhang,

Cochran,

Chen

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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First responders (FRs) navigate hazardous, unfamiliar environments in the field (e.g., mass-casualty incidents), making life-changing decisions in a split second. AR head-mounted displays (HMDs) have shown promise in supporting them due to its capability of recognizing and augmenting the challenging environments in a hands-free manner. However, the design space have not been thoroughly explored by involving various FRs who serve different roles (e.g., firefighters, law enforcement) but collaborate closely in the field. We interviewed 26 first responders in the field who experienced a state-of-the-art optical-see-through AR HMD, as well as its interaction techniques and four types of AR cues (i.e., overview cues, directional cues, highlighting cues, and labeling cues), soliciting their first-hand experiences, design ideas, and concerns. Our study revealed both generic and role-specific preferences and needs for AR hardware, interactions, and feedback, as well as identifying desired AR designs tailored to urgent, risky scenarios (e.g., affordance augmentation to facilitate fast and safe action). While acknowledging the value of AR HMDs, concerns were also raised around trust, privacy, and proper integration with other equipment. Finally, we derived comprehensive and actionable design guidelines to inform future AR systems for in-field FRs. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Mixed / augmented reality; User studies.

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“…Disaster related scholars have noted, however, that for some reason, since the 1970s, there has been little empirical support for the use of ICS to varying degrees by various organizations to classify international disasters. The organization and employment of all disaster response events across the country by ICS, regardless of their complexity, duration or size, is even less known [20,21]. Gregory et al conducted an inductive study of ICS use by fire departments and identified three main factors: structuring mechanisms, constrained improvisation and cognition management methods.…”

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Study of a BIM-Based Cyber-Physical System and Intelligent Disaster Prevention System in Taipei Main Station

Lin

Hsieh

et al. 2022

Applied Sciences

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Because of its large area and complicated space utilization, in the event of a disaster, rescue efforts in specific areas of Taipei Main Station would be difficult. In addition, rescue efforts are also difficult to implement, because each area is managed by different units. In order to ensure emergency and safe evacuation of passengers and reduce the loss of related property during a disaster, a suitable disaster prevention system is required. This study conducted risk assessment based on the triggering factors of disaster types over the years. After synthesizing the results of the disaster risk assessment, a disaster preparedness contingency plan was designed. According to the Incident Command System (ICS), this study formulated the usual management measures and emergency response procedures for various levels of disasters. When an accident occurs, the system can automatically initiate various emergency disaster relief measures, monitor the development of the incident, transmit disaster information, and coordinate disaster emergency response procedures. This study established a building information modeling (BIM)-based cyber-physical system (CPS) and intelligent disaster prevention system integrated under the overall management of the Intelligent Joint Emergency Operation Center. The “Taipei Main Station Intelligent Disaster Prevention System” can manage the disaster prevention and relief information of various business entities in a unified way, and provide an intelligent disaster prevention function integrating BIM and virtual reality (VR). This system is functionally verified through exercises such as short-circuiting of wires in advertising boxes, firefighter disaster relief drills, indiscriminate violent attacks, and demolition of explosives. In this study, ICS was established through expert interviews, disaster-causing factors over the years, and a cloud-based electronic management system was established in combination with the BIM platform. The system provides emergency and safe evacuation of passengers in the event of a disaster, and reduces the loss of related properties.

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A Concept for Support of Firefighter Frontline Communication

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Prototypes of User Interfaces for Mobile Applications for Patients with Diabetes

Prototypes of User Interfaces for Mobile Applications for Patients with Diabetes

Exploring the Design Space of Optical See-through AR Head-Mounted Displays to Support First Responders in the Field

Study of a BIM-Based Cyber-Physical System and Intelligent Disaster Prevention System in Taipei Main Station

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