Space Apps Challenge 2017

"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:

• Alin Gabriel Zdurlan (iOS dev)
• Ionut Zaharia (Product/Project)
• Erkut Demirhan (Android dev)
• Auras Mihai Geambasu (Product/Marketing)

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• Outdated communication methods with endangered citizens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)

We already got featured on

• the top romanian startup website: start-up.ro/castigatorii-din-bucuresti-ai-nasa-space-apps-challenge/?utm_source=www.wall-street.ro&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=La... News Insert
• iLIke IT show at PRO TV, the biggest romanian TV station: http://stirileprotv.ro/ilikeit/smart-things/ilikei...

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