
“SMART” EMERGENCY RESPONSE: SAVING LIVES, MONEY, JOBS AND BUILDINGS
In an excellent article published in the second quarter issue of Fire Protection Engineering magazine titled “Smart Fire Fighting and fire protection” by: Anthony Hamins, Casey Grant, Albert Jones and Nelson Bryner a strong case was made for a quantum leap in managing the fire ground using Information Technology (IT). I could not agree more, in fact I would see IT used in support of not just fire incident management, but for all emergency response: police, fire, medical and a