Smart apparatus for fire evacuation — An IoT based fire emergency monitoring and evacuation system

According to the National Fire Protection Agency, 14,500 highrise fires occur every year causing 40 deaths and 520 injuries per year on average [1]. Many of these deaths and injuries can presumably be avoided if evacuees had knowledge of the location of the fire and a solid exit strategy. In an age of IoT devices, there are no such commercial products available to address this problem. We have developed a technology that can be used as a smart fire defense guidance system. The goal is to inform occupants and emergency services of the location of the fire and provide a real-time safe path of evacuation. It proposes to use a mesh network of smart fire alarms and path planning algorithms to provide these essential services.