Help Us Prevent Another Yarnell Hill Tragedy!
- 1. Now there is a system that guarantees a connection between the firefighter on the front line and incident Command. Prometheus’ Shield™ Incident Management System for Wildland Fires with Real-Time Satellite GPS Tracking Built on the Esri ArcGIS Platform Helping Prevent Another Yarnell Hill Tragedy Supported by the Iridium Satellite Network © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending
- 2. On June 30th 2013, 19 firefighters from Prescott, Arizona perished while working on the Yarnell Hill Fire. Since that time, little has been done to prevent it from happening again. Until now… The Challenge Behind the Project
- 3. “ ” The mission objective was relatively simple. Create a communications link between the firefighter and incident command that works anywhere on the planet, Guaranteed. Unfortunately, the mission plan proved to be a little more complex. We had to become experts at technology that hadn’t been developed yet. Bill King CEO and Senior Design Engineer Our Mission Statement
- 4. A New Approach to and Old Problem Since the first Roman fire brigades under Emperor Nero took the idea of organized firefighting from Marcus Crassus to form the Vigiles in AD 60 and began to combat fires using bucket brigades and pumps, firefighting has cost lives.
- 5. An Electronic Accountability Tag Uses Secure HID Global iClass Proximity Cards and Readers © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending Photo Identification–Replaces the Plastic Accountability Tag Coded with Vital Statistics and IQCS Training and Qualifications Data Assign Permanent Prometheus’ Shield ID Number & HawkEye PT+ Messaging ID
- 6. Personnel and Equipment Tracking Utilizing military-grade satellite GPS tracking units, mobile uplinks, and satellite phones to transmit GPS locations. © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending Incident Command display shows personnel locations in relation to fire perimeter with 3D fly through of incident area Group or Individual location reporting. Variable report intervals. Geo Fencing for hazard areas, safety zones, entry/exit notifications, ICP area, staging areas
- 7. Personnel and Equipment Tracking Emergency Responder information and tracking unit operation is managed through SkyRouter and the HawkEye PT+. Man Down feature, waypoints, pre-defined operational profiles © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending
- 8. The Incident Command Post Display A large format, touchscreen computer from InFocus is set up at the ICP. Incident information and position reports are all displayed on the screen. © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending
- 9. The Incident Action Plan The ICP display is used to identify incident objectives, division/group assignments, support services, known hazards, escape routes, safety zones, geo-fences, water resources, first aid, weather reports, trigger points, containment lines, and other pertinent incident information. © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending
- 10. Fire Management Planning By importing SkyRouter’s GPS information into the GIS Fire Management Plan, Prometheus’ Shield creates an application program interface (API) that displays positions relative to the fire perimeter that can be configured to automatically alert Incident Command when a firefighter or other asset enters a hazardous area or is in the danger of being overrun. © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending
- 11. Aerial Imaging Resources Prometheus’ Shield is licensed to purchase satellite imaging using an Emergency Task Order (ETO). World-View 3 Short Wave Infrared Imagery (SWIR) will remove interference from cloud cover. We are contracted with FAA and Forest Service approved UAV operators to provide coordinated perimeter mapping updates on 2-hour intervals. In addition, UAV resources provide on-demand fire behavior imaging. Prometheus shield is programmed to accept streaming video from nearly any IP address anywhere. © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending
- 12. National Information Management System • All required ICS forms have been converted into web-based fillable forms that capture all incident data • All forms were created from the National Information Management System. Forms can be printed or stored for electronic submission • Critical information displayed in datasheet form. All information immediately available throughout incident website • Data used later for fire behavior analysis © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending
- 13. Fillable ICS Forms – With Data Storage ICS 220 Air Operations Summary With Prometheus’ Shield, Incident Command can now open a form, fill in the information, and save. The information is archived and distributed throughout the system automatically. Reports can be printed or stored for electronic submission. Multiple entries are stored and displayed chronologically. © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending
- 14. To Sum It All Up © 2013-2016 Adventech Engineering, LLC | All rights reserved | Patent Pending
- 15. Visit Us At www.prometheusshield.com ARGOS FireTech 226 Rover Boulevard Los Alamos, NM 87544 info@prometheusshield.com