Transmission of data to emergency response personnel

Abstract

Emergency equipment stations (e.g., fire extinguisher stations, fire alarm pull stations, defibrillator stations, etc.) distributed throughout a facility monitor one or more internal or external conditions (e.g., ambient air temperature near the station, presence of an obstruction restricting access to the station, etc.) and relay information about the monitored conditions to a central station. The central station transmits information about the monitored conditions to emergency response personnel (e.g., the fire department) in the event of an actual or apparent emergency.

1 . A system for communicating information to emergency response personnel comprising:
 an emergency equipment station that includes:   an emergency assistance device;   a sensor configured to sense at least one predetermined condition; and   a central station located remotely from the emergency equipment station and in communication with the emergency equipment station, the central station configured to receive data indicating the at least one predetermined condition and transmit data indicating a sensed condition to a communications device associated with emergency response personnel.