Devising and Implementing a Data Integration System for Building Fire Emergency Response Using a Graph Database
Publication: Computing in Civil Engineering 2023
ABSTRACT
Access to building and environmental data is critical for firefighters when they respond to a building fire. Existing research mostly focuses on information gathering at fire emergency sites but not on information integration. This research proposes an information integration system for firefighters using a graph database to integrate relevant building and environmental data. An ontology that represents firefighters’ data requirements is used as the knowledge base for the proposed system. Multiple data sources are identified to provide both static and live building and environmental data. After the data was integrated, two sample applications were built based on the unified database. The first is an automated database assessment for the most critical data firefighters need, while the second application is on-demand access to required data. A case study on a real-world building is used to provide technical details and evaluate the method’s usefulness.
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Computing in Civil Engineering 2023
Pages: 144 - 151
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Published online: Jan 25, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Architectural engineering
- Building systems
- Buildings
- Computing in civil engineering
- Data collection
- Databases
- Disaster preparedness
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Emergency management
- Engineering fundamentals
- Fires
- Information systems
- Information Technology (IT)
- Integrated systems
- Man-made disasters
- Methodology (by type)
- Research methods (by type)
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Systems engineering
- Systems management
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