INTREPID is a Europe-funded project, providing a platform for first responders that improves 3D exploration and analysis of a disaster scene. One component of the toolkit consists of implementing a path planning module to determine optimal paths for first responders inside buildings during perilous incidents. The central question of this study is what pathway requirements are essential for the path planning module and the first responder inside buildings during incidents. The goal of the thesis is to set boundary conditions, gathered from incidents inside buildings, to provide a framework for a path planning module. The following research was pursued with holistic literature research, followed by the six qualitative interviews with different types of first responders involved in the re-searched incidents. Based on the results of the interviews, firefighters count as the main actors in this work. Whether first responders use the shortest path to reach a target position or take a detour is determined by the incident-dependent path safety. The study’s main findings on whether first responders take the shortest path or search for alternative routes can be categorized into building- and person-related parameters and conditions for each type of incident.     «

INTREPID is a Europe-funded project, providing a platform for first responders that improves 3D exploration and analysis of a disaster scene. One component of the toolkit consists of implementing a path planning module to determine optimal paths for first responders inside buildings during perilous incidents. The central question of this study is what pathway requirements are essential for the path planning module and the first responder inside buildings during incidents. The goal of the thesis...     »