FireWall

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FireWall

• See the fire from the inside

Corey Chandler Eddie Leung Doantam Phan Michael
Toomim
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Overview

• Firefighting 101
• Firefighting Difficulties
• Our Solution
• Representative Firefighting Tasks
• Design Evolution through Iteration
• Demonstration of FireWalls Final UI
• Conclusion

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Firefighting 101

• Fire is called in to 911
• 911 contacts the appropriate fire station
• Firefighters go to fire location
• One of the firefighters becomes temporary
  incident commander
• Firefighting chief arrives later, becomes IC

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Firefighting Difficulties

• Firefighting Preparation
• Site information is unavailable
• Knowledge of fire status often vague
• Monitoring Status of Firefighters
• Firefighter location, amount of oxygen, and
  physical status is vague, relies on radio contact
• Firefighting Organization
• Task management system uses combination of memory
  and whiteboard system

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FireWall A Digital Whiteboard Command Post

• Firefighting Preparation
• Provides important site information
• Thermal imaging shows fire status
• Monitoring Status of Firefighters
• Displays firefighters locations
• Monitors firefighters oxygen amounts and body
  temperatures
• Firefighting Organization
• Supports task assignment and timing

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Whats Missing

• Precise thermal imaging
• Firefighter real-time location monitoring
• Blueprint system

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Representative Firefighting Tasks

• Task 1 In Transit
• Learn about the site of fire
• Brief the firefighters about situation
• Task 2 Arrival On Scene
• Determine available resources
• Assign firefighter tasks
• Task 3 Firefighter In Danger
• Receive an alert that firefighter is in danger
• Determine status and location of firefighter in
  trouble
• Take measures to rescue downed firefighter

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Design Evolution through IterationContextual
Inquiry

• Interviewed firefighters at one of Berkeleys
  fire stations
• Changed initial project direction
• Personal firefighter assistant
• Command post

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Design Evolution through IterationLo-Fi
Prototype

• From sketches constructed initial interface
• Tested on Oakland firefighters

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Testing the Low Fidelity Prototype
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Compensation for User Tests
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Oakland User Test Results

• Interaction Problems
• Button bar
• Site info
• Personnel detail

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Design Evolution through IterationHi-Fi
Prototype and Heuristic Eval.

• Developed first hi-fi prototype using
  Macromedias Director 8
• Underwent peer Heuristic Evaluation

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Changes Lo-fi to Hi-fi
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Heuristic Evaluation Results

• Poor Visuals
• Clickable buttons
• Cluttered map
• Tabbed Personnel
• Shaded regions

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Design Evolution through IterationHi-Fi
Prototype Version 2

• Developed second version of hi-fi prototype
• Tested on Richmond firefighters

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Changes Hi-fi v.1 to Hi-fi v.2
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Richmond User Test Results

• More Features
• Timed tasks
• Additional task
• Improved danger notification

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DemonstrationFireWalls Final UI
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Conclusion

• Summary
• Firewall is a system that provides information
  management to firefighting incident commanders
• FireWall for CS160
• Importance of contextual inquiry
• Value of design iteration
• FireWall for Incident Commanders
• "The system that we have doesn't work that
  well. Oakland firefighter
• http//ratbert.bmrc.berkeley.edu/courseware/cs160/
  fall00/Projects/firefighting/
• Special thanks to the Berkeley, Oakland, and
  Richmond fire departments.