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 …

Indoor navigation plays a central role for the safety of firefighters. The circumstances in
which a firefighting intervention occurs represent a rather complex challenge for the design …

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 …

In this paper we present an ethnographic study conducted with the Paris Firefighting Brigade
to understand the sensemaking practices of firefighters on the first line of intervention and …

Designing pervasive computing for hostile environments is challenging, because it's difficult
to assess the many design options and their implications. To help address this issue, the …

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 …

This paper presents an approach of using game-like techniques to engage firemen from the
Paris Fire Brigade into a participatory design process of wearable computing for emergency …

Providing firefighters working on the frontline of interventions with ubiquitous computing
support remains an open challenge. Designing meaningful solutions for this complex work …

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 …

Ambiguity has been identified as a useful tool for designing ubicomp systems. In the design
of safety critical systems, however, the expectations for a system are particularly high, and …