WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.536 --> 00:00:02.433 2 00:00:02,433 --> 00:00:09,329 2 00:00:09.329 --> 00:00:12.608 Price: The number one priority for first responders, especially fire, 3 00:00:12.608 --> 00:00:16.553 is being able to track and locate where their team members are at. 4 00:00:16.553 --> 00:00:19.192 Dennis: I think anybody that's spent any time doing first response 5 00:00:19.192 --> 00:00:21.504 has been in the situation where, you know, 6 00:00:21.504 --> 00:00:23.560 someone's gone missing or something's gone bad 7 00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:27.129 and you need to know where everyone's at immediately. 8 00:00:27.129 --> 00:00:30.904 Chow: POINTER stands for Position Outdoor/Indoor Navigation 9 00:00:30.904 --> 00:00:34.401 and Tracking for Emergency Responders. 10 00:00:34.401 --> 00:00:38.152 This is one of we think is truly breakthrough technology 11 00:00:38.152 --> 00:00:42.056 that can address the indoor tracking problem. 12 00:00:42.056 --> 00:00:46.928 Arumugam: So it's a technology that enables us to use devices 13 00:00:46.928 --> 00:00:51.041 that can be very small, that can be attached to first responders, 14 00:00:51.041 --> 00:00:54.232 that we can use to track them very accurately 15 00:00:54.232 --> 00:00:58.297 in complex structures such as steel reinforced building. 16 00:00:58.297 --> 00:01:01.840 The moving currents in these wires are generating magnetic fields, 17 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:05.224 so what POINTER does, it generates these fields and receivers 18 00:01:05.224 --> 00:01:10.224 sitting on the fire truck sense these fields to enable a computer 19 00:01:10.648 --> 00:01:14.393 to show position and orientation of this device in the building. 20 00:01:14.393 --> 00:01:16.816 Chow: Because its magnetic signals can actually 21 00:01:16.816 --> 00:01:21.816 penetrate through buildings and walls and caves and water, 22 00:01:21.985 --> 00:01:25.240 we're taking advantage of the fact that magnetic signal 23 00:01:25.240 --> 00:01:28.033 can actually penetrate through those materials. 24 00:01:28.033 --> 00:01:30.336 Wordin: For us in an urban environment, 25 00:01:30.336 --> 00:01:32.465 not only do we have large buildings, 26 00:01:32.465 --> 00:01:34.344 which is real important to know where they are 27 00:01:34.344 --> 00:01:37.496 if we had a building fire, we had a collapse of that building. 28 00:01:37.496 --> 00:01:40.832 But it's also important to us to know for a wild land application 29 00:01:40.832 --> 00:01:45.096 where our personnel are in a broad area. 30 00:01:45.096 --> 00:01:48.344 Dennis: Someone calls on the radio and says that they need assistance 31 00:01:48.344 --> 00:01:50.857 or they've found someone who needs assistance, 32 00:01:50.857 --> 00:01:54.585 now you've got a more accurate way of determining their exact location, 33 00:01:54.585 --> 00:01:58.665 so you can bring additional assets to help them resolve whatever the issue is. 34 00:01:58.665 --> 00:02:00.657 Gonzales: It's really novel, just because it'll 35 00:02:00.657 --> 00:02:03.976 work in an infrastructure denied environment where DPS is not available, 36 00:02:03.976 --> 00:02:06.001 cellular technology is not available. 37 00:02:06.001 --> 00:02:08.872 That's really crucial for us in a wild land environment; 38 00:02:08.872 --> 00:02:10.914 this is the biggest challenge that we have. 39 00:02:10.914 --> 00:02:14.648 Dennis: The thing that's impressive is the 3-D aspect of it. 40 00:02:14.648 --> 00:02:18.369 Anybody with a cellphone call tell you, oh, I know where I'm at; 41 00:02:18.369 --> 00:02:20.456 it tells me right here on my phone. 42 00:02:20.456 --> 00:02:23.656 Well, that's great when you're working on a 2-D plane or a flat surface, 43 00:02:23.656 --> 00:02:27.121 but for first responders, we operate in different environments. 44 00:02:27.121 --> 00:02:31.320 We operate underwater, operate in subterranean, operate in high-rises. 45 00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:35.560 Price: We can see the first responder's rotation now on the user interface. 46 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.913 We can also see when a first responder goes down. 47 00:02:38.913 --> 00:02:42.568 So if a first responder's standing upright and he or she goes down, 48 00:02:42.568 --> 00:02:47.320 we can actually see that motion of upright to down on the user interface. 49 00:02:47.320 --> 00:02:51.400 Right now in Phase Two the transmitter is about the size of a shoebox. 50 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.920 When we move to Phase Three, it's going to go to about the size 51 00:02:54.920 --> 00:02:58.968 of something you could fit in the palm of your hand and it's going to be ounces; 52 00:02:58.968 --> 00:03:02.200 so start thinking about a button or something that may be 53 00:03:02.200 --> 00:03:05.256 on the PPE of a first responder, 54 00:03:05.256 --> 00:03:09.056 so they don't have to worry about doing anything other than putting on their PPE. 55 00:03:09.056 --> 00:03:11.745 This is the next big thing, if not the biggest thing 56 00:03:11.745 --> 00:03:14.184 to be able to know where our firefighter's at, 57 00:03:14.184 --> 00:03:18.392 at any given time and any type of location and environment. 58 00:03:18.392 --> 00:03:18.640 60 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:20,681 [Music] 59 00:03:20.681 --> 00:03:21.328 62 00:03:21,328 --> 00:03:21,569 60 00:03:21.569 --> 00:03:21.848 64 00:03:21,848 --> 00:03:22,072