SPARKY | And YOU can Help Fight Fires!

Bucharest

Awards & Nominations

SPARKY has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!

Global Nominee

The Challenge | And YOU can Help Fight Fires!

Build a fire-monitoring and crowdsourcing tool that will allow local fire managers to respond to wildfires.

Safe from FIRE - Android and IOS fire safety mobile app

"Safe from FIRE" is Android and IOS fire safety mobile app

SPARKY

"Safe from FIRE" is an mobile app (ios/android) that it's used as alarm and prevention app for citizens and firemen.

Case study:

  • normal users report a fire by using a prefilled form with valuable data for the fire department such as address, name, phone number, photos and videos, number of victims etc
  • if the user is able to walk he gets directions from his location to the nearest safety area
  • fire chance algorithm that uses real time data (such as temperature, humidity, rain, average number of fires in the area) to calculate the possibility of a fire in the user's area
  • near real time data interactive map of the global and local fires
  • web app for the fire department that is connected to the mobile app and sees all the fires on the map and the user's location
  • firemen see directions from the fire department to the fire location using GPS coordinates and the data the user sent


Team Sparky:


The problems for the citizens (data for Romania):

  • 12 daily household fire incidents
  • 5270 yearly conflagrations
  • 187 yearly deaths in the last 8 years in Romania
  • Main causes: lack of prevention education
    and no real time information on best escape route

The problems for the citizens (data for US):

  • 3686 daily reported fires
  • 9 daily civilian deaths
  • $14.3 billion in Property damage

The problems for the firefighters:

  • Long fire data collection time
  • 15 minutes intervention time
  • Outdated communication methods with endangered citizens
  • No real time information on best rescue route

The solution for citizens:

  • An app that alerts citizens regarding fire hazards nearby
  • Alerting the authorities every time the citizens see a fire near them
  • Fire forecasting data based on fire emergency cases historical data and weather conditions
  • Access safety guides for fire prevention and survival

The impact for citizens:

  • Potentially saves lives by shows them the way out + survival tips
  • Citizens can become safety guards for their own communities
  • Increase awareness regarding the conflagration risk in their area
  • Better prepared and educated citizens regarding what to do before, during and after a major fire incident

The solution for firefighters:

  • Elimination of caller waiting and redirection time from 911/112 and step by step fire reporting form
  • Data that is normally asked by phone is automatically transferred to the fire fighter dashboard (name, phone number, location, pictures, videos)
  • Optimized intervention paths by using automatically recommended routes to the emergency location

The impact for firefighters:

  • Shorter time to report a fire and centralize fire crisis information
  • Real time information (including media files) sent to the intervention teams
  • Reduced intervention time for fire fighting teams
  • Real time map of fires & user reported incidents

SafeFromFire current features

  • Native iOS and Android mobile apps with core functionalities
  • Alarm button and critical information form
  • Algorithm for best route out for Citizens
  • Algorithm for best route in for Firefighters (“Waze for Fire”)
  • Fire forecasting data from: NASA Earth Data, OpenWeather API, FIRMS Web Fire Mapper
  • Educational content with guides before, during and after an incident
  • User profiles data

Future developments:

Citizens:

  • Alerts that remind you that you should clean up your chimney (30% of the fires in Romania are caused by inefficient chimney clean-up)
  • Alerts that remind you that you should regularly check your electrical installation
  • Users rating, ban & fraud reporting system
  • Gamification system based on educational courses participation
  • Finalized push notifications
  • Better UX :)

Firefighters:

  • Integrated Firefighter command center
  • Integration with fire sensors, security cameras, etc
  • Read data from satellite: altitudes, which building, forest or road blockage
  • Integration of satellite near real time data (NASA Earth Data)

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Github: https://github.com/zdurlan/SafeFromFire

PPT link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Mtbuyqhx592HLXdUkwFk7x15B0qDcRepUZfD9ycPYPo/edit?usp=sharing
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