Letting tools talk: interactive technology for firefighting

S Denef, L Ramirez, T Dyrks - CHI'09 Extended Abstracts on Human …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
In this work-in-progress report we present the results of a preliminary analysis of a set of
fieldwork studies conducted in collaboration with a firefighter school and a firefighter …

Rigid structures, independent units, monitoring: Organizing patterns in frontline firefighting

S Denef, D Keyson, R Oppermann - Proceedings of the SIGCHI …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
Providing firefighters working on the frontline of interventions with ubiquitous computing
support remains an open challenge. Designing meaningful solutions for this complex work …

Ubiquitous computing for firefighters: Field studies and prototypes of large displays for incident command

X Jiang, JI Hong, LA Takayama… - Proceedings of the SIGCHI …, 2004 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we demonstrate how field studies, interviews, and low-fidelity prototypes can
be used to inform the design of ubiquitous computing systems for firefighters. We describe …

A pattern language of firefighting frontline practice to inform the design of ubiquitous computing

S Denef - … Intelligence: AmI 2011 Workshops, Amsterdam, The …, 2012 - Springer
This research studies firefighting frontline practice and the effects on this practiceposed by
the introduction of computing systems. As the central result, a pattern languagedescribes the …

Wearable computers for the fire service and police force: Technological and human factors

DJ Haniff, C Baber - Digest of Papers. Third International …, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wearable computer applications can be defined broadly as situationally-aware and
situationally-unaware. A situationally-aware fire-fighter application which is under …

Playing with fire: Participatory design of wearable computing for fire fighters

M Klann - CHI'07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in …, 2007 - dl.acm.org
In this paper we present our approach of using game-like techniques for designing wearable
computing solutions for the Paris Fire Brigade, consisting of namely a board game and a …

Handy navigation in ever-changing spaces: An ethnographic study of firefighting practices

S Denef, L Ramirez, T Dyrks, G Stevens - … of the 7th ACM conference on …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents an ethnographic study, conducted to gain an insight of the practices
around navigation of firefighters on the first line of intervention. We argue that the common …

Humans' critical role in smart systems: A smart firefighting example

A Jones, E Subrahmanian, A Hamins… - IEEE Internet …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart systems are everywhere. They have the unique ability to optimize their performance
under a variety of inputs and recover quickly from a wide variety of disturbances. This ability …

[PDF][PDF] Designing for firefighters—building empathy through live action role-playing

T Dyrks, L Ramirez, S Denef, D Meyer… - … on Information Systems …, 2009 - researchgate.net
In this paper we present a role-playing workshop in a firefighting scenario conducted within
the frame of a multidisciplinary consortium. Our work focuses on developing a navigation …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of a software prototype for supporting fire emergency response.

R Prasanna, L Yang, M King - ISCRAM, 2011 - academia.edu
Despite recent work on information systems, many first responders in the UK Fire and
Rescue Services (FRSs) are unable to develop sufficient understanding of the situation to …