Products | Smart Data and Smarter Firefighters

Netage B.V. is a global provider of innovative data solutions for the fire service. We are inspired by our concern that ‘Something might happen to Firefighters or the public they serve and later it is revealed that the information needed to prevent the accident from happening was available but not accessible by the people when they need it’. We believe that the solution to this problem is not just in smart gadgets but in solid information architecture that will help improve the operations of the fire service across the full spectrum of its mission. Keeping people and property safe.

The fire service is a knowledge-driven service, from the training of people to Community Risk Reduction. The knowledge of your organization is based on past experiences with these activities and their data is captured in different systems. We present you FireGraph, FireGraph is focusing on an infrastructure that interconnects all data available on a knowledge level, this enables both Man and Machine to understand the context of the information. It enables new and smart solutions for your organization, Smart Data for Smarter Firefighters.

https://www.firegraph.info/

FIREGRAPH ENABLES YOU TO...

...CRUSH DATASILOS

No single data source brings value alone, combining multiple data sources truly shows the value of all the data that is available to you.

...EXPLORE CONNECTIONS

By exploring the relationships in your data you will be able to find unknown correlations and drive optimizations.

...CREATE INSIGHTS

Newly found connections enable you to create insights into the risks and performance of your department.

... BE ACCOUNTABLE

The combined datasets with their connections leading to insights help you to create dashboards and reports that enable you to display your performance.

FIREGRAPH IS AN INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
FOR THE MODERN FIRE DEPARTMENT

Pragmatic approach

On the edge of science and engineering.

Our critical and pragmatic approach based on solid research combined with true field experience from the firefighters in our team helps us to bring true value to your department.

OPEN STANDARDS

Delivering true interoperability.

Based on open standards, codes, and recommendations from W3C, OGC, NFPA, and OASIS. We support NFPA 950/951 and deliver API through OpenAPI, RDF JSON-LD, and Sparql standards.

Knowledge Graph Technology

The connection in your data matter.

Named as one of the 5 top technologies by Gartner for 2019/2020. We provide an RDF Knowledge graph which is an open standards-based industry-strength solution to truly leverage the value of the connections in your data.

ANY DATA SOURCE

Don’t replace all your applications, connect them.

Connects to SQL and NoSQL data sources, Geospatial systems, imports Excel, CSV data, and text documents. We help you analyze the data sources and integrate them into the knowledge graph.

CLOUD ON-PREMISE

Your infrastructure, your choice.

FireGraph can run in the cloud or on-premise, based on your regulatory requirements and availability of IT support staff we are able to provide you with the best support to get you up and running.

AI-READY

Building blocks for the future.

The road to AI leads through IA, by providing an Information Architecture on which we can run the basic building blocks of AI we deliver a future proof platform.

The traditional role of fire departments has always been to rescue life and goods during incidents and advise on preventive measures during construction. Slowly fire departments are also focusing on educating the public on how to live safely. General campaigns to install smoke detectors are well known to the public. Making sure that people can live safely in the place they call home is the ultimate goal of the modern fire department. Although education has had a significant impact on the number of fatalities, especially in residential fires, it seems that the decline has stabilized. In the last decade, more and more fire departments have been conducting forensic research in the aftermath of fires in residential areas. This has developed clear insights into which factors play an important role in the likelihood of a fire at home. Together with the abundance of data about the general population in residential areas it should be possible to create insights into the locations where residential fires are more likely to happen.

“If fire departments have fire risk specific insights, isn’t it their moral obligation to educate the people at risk better?”

RESC.Info Insight provides the fire department with the tools to combine its forensic research data, internal statistical data, and publicly available data. The combining is managed in our web-based platform where a variety of calculations can be made, stored, and compared. The results of the calculations are shown in an intuitive user interface which allows to quickly assess the locations which need extra attention. Forecasts about future population distribution can also be a valuable source to generate an outlook for future educational campaigns or placement of resources such as fire stations. The methods used to create these calculations can be shared with other fire departments stimulating open innovation.

RESC.Info Insight is a web based service offered on open standards, allowing you to easily exchange the generated data with other products. Cloud technology ensures you will always be able to run the latest version of the product without installing updates or going through upgrade paths. This is reflected in our pricing model, no additional costs everything is fixed fee based.

The world around us, the environment we as fire departments operate in, is more and more focused on data and the digital information devices that come with it. In the past decade, digital information dramatically changed our personal lives, think about it: social media, online shopping, online banking, and instant worldwide news coverage. To stimulate economic growth we read a lot about ‘Data-driven economy’ and ‘Data is the new oil’, but what does this mean for us, the fire departments? Currently, a lot of fire stations get dispatched by a LED news ticker with encoded messages, announcements called by the voice of a speech computer, or a traditional radio broadcast directly by the dispatcher. Some fire depart¬ments have a matrix printer from which they tear of a paper run sheet before leaving. This information is enriched after leaving the station, either by more information that is available in the vehicle, delivered through apps on tablet computers, summary information from a navigation system, information on paper, or by the dispatcher over the radio. RESC.Info Monitor is a system designed for use as a center of information for emergency responders. The system is device agnostic, focusing on the information itself rather than the mode of delivery.

“RESC.Info Monitor gives me all the information I can absorb in the 10 seconds before we turn out”

The use of RESC.Info Monitor to provide information at the station means that emergency responders can assimilate the information quickly. The release of only the most critical information at any one time means that responders can put it to use straight away.

RESC.Info Monitor consists of two components: at the heart is a central server, the RESC.Info Base; the second component is the computer screen where the information is displayed, the RESC.Info Station.

RESC.Info Base collects information from the system at the dispatch center (the CAD system). The digital incident reports give the address, a code for the intended station or vehicle, the type of incident, comments about the location, and a description of the incident itself. Further background information about the incident or location can be collected from data sources outside the fire service. The type of information differs according to the country, region, jurisdiction, or even the individual dispatch center concerned.

This information is then transmitted via an “open standard” to RESC.Info Station, which translates and displays the information on specific computer screens.

The standard maps used on the interface are taken from OpenStreetMap. Depending on the client’s wishes, it is also possible to use other maps, for example from their own map server.