Transmission of data to emergency response personnel

US7961089B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• en-Gauge, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brendan T. McSheffrey · Newton, US
• John McSheffrey · Needham, US
• John J. McSheffrey, SR. · Hingham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2007
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B25/006
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Emergency equipment stations (e.g., fire extinguisher stations, fire alarm pull stations, defibrillator stations, etc.) distributed throughout a facility monitor one or more internal or external conditions (e.g., ambient air temperature near the station, presence of an obstruction restricting access to the station, etc.) and relay information about the monitored conditions to a central station. The central station transmits information about the monitored conditions to emergency response personnel (e.g., the fire department) in the event of an actual or apparent emergency.