Acronyms In Your Future: New Technologies To Save Firefighter Lives

GLANSER attached to a SCBA.
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I came across this article while surfing the internet. Some of it is quite interesting. 

It talks about Honeywell's Geo-spatial Location Accountability and Navigation System (GLANSER) which works similarly to GPS but can track a multitude of firefighters on multiple floors of a building.

UCLA's & Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Division's Physiological Health Assessment System for Emergency Responders (PHASER) monitors a firefighter's vital signs including body temperature then relays that information to the command post.

And Wireless Intelligent Sensor Platform for Emergency Responder (WISPER) works with GLANSER to guide Rapid Intervention Teams (RITs) to firefighters in need by way of leaving "bread crumbs" to follow.

Read the whole story at: 3 New Technologies To Save Firefighter Lives