Most large buildings include a special keybox for the fire department to have access to all parts of the building in the event of an emergency. This slide show is a scenario with similar concept but for digital access.

1. Combining NIST BFRL and OGC
Building Emergency Response Scenario
Following is a use case scenario of a building
fire incident and covers alert generation and
propagation to dispatch followed by the first
responder use of building data. In addition, a
table is presented that collects previous work
with public safety representative in defining
useful building data. This table categorizes the
building data.
The scenario begins in a large commercial building

2. at 321 Prince Street

3. in a section of the third floor

4. that is undergoing renovation. Contractors left out some
vapor-producing chemicals that have ignited after-hours,
producing a small explosion and starting a fire.

5. The explosion disables the smoke alarm in the room

6. but this generates a trouble condition at the fire panel.

7. The fire panel generates a Common Alerting Protocol
CAP alert

8. that is passed to the BISACS Base Server (BBS)

9. The alert is then passed to the subscribing central
station alarm (CSA) company

10. that monitors the building

11. Upon receipt at the CSA, a representative attempts to
contact the building personnel to verify the alert
(smoke alarm trouble in room 310)

12. While the CSA representative follows procedures to
verify the alert, another alert arrives

13. reporting a smoke alarm from the hallway outside 310

14. At this point the dispatcher will see that there is a suspected fire in a
commercial building at 321 Prince Street with smoke alarm trouble
and alarm signals on the third floor.

15. Alan Vinh NIST BFRL ….that is why SAP Standard Access Point is important, if one bubble is not there, go to the next one, back
to square one and no body knows about it. Eventually they talk back to the building….
Michelle Raymond Honeywell…there is alert information that can come from any level, it gets aggregated at any level, each
information provider has an identifier, some will have access and will be made available when its appropriate, then would
have access. What can be retrieved may be policy based, and the incident needs an identifier, is a part of the identifier you
need…