A Study of RFID Applied to Underground Fire Hydrant

• Main Authors: Yu-min Huang, 黃育民
• Other Authors: Ching-liang Tzeng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54844881447387926318

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 地球科學系專班 === 95 === Fire disasters are extremely frightening, and often cause victims to lose their lives or property overnight. Therefore, the advancement of fire rescue ability and the shortening of time needed to control fires have been the goals pursued by advanced nations. The control over fire rescue water resources is the backbone of fire rescue. According to my personal rescue experiences of nearly ten years, if there is no water source in the initial stages of the fire, it is very easy for the fire to increase in magnitude. Thus, according to the standards of fire rescue, it is necessary to find the nearby fire hydrants within the shortest time. In actual rescue, cars, trees, or concrete may hid the nearby hydrants. For the backup units, finding fire hydrants in other jurisdictions is an even greater problem. According to the current management of fire hydrants by current fire departments, which have only made a list of the hydrant locations by address, which are memorized by rote; this method is no longer sufficient for the needs of a technological society. Thus, this study attempts to apply the characteristics of RFID to underground hydrants, in an effort to enhance the work regarding fire-fighting water resources. RFID has been listed as one of the ten significant technical items in this century. In 2003, the Department of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs, has promoted the research and development of high-frequency RFID through the Industrial Technology Research Institute, to develop important technologies such as IC chips, antennae, and readers. The characteristics of RFID, including water-resistance, high-speed reading, high reading distances, diversity, small size, environmental endurance, breakage-resistance, re-usability, the ability to pass through paper, wood, plastic, and other non-metallic materials, and the large content of data memory, all make it a good transmission material for this study. This study will use passive tags; tags are written with basic information (serial number, address, coordinates, flow amount, maintenance and repair records, etc) using PC reader/writers according to the EPC format, then it is attached to the surfaces of the underground fire hydrant iron covers by using water-resistant and dirt-resistant technology, and the tag information is regularly updated. In actual use, PDA or Tablet PC is used to connect to the sensors of RFID. When fire rescue vehicles or personnel arrive at the accident site, the sensors can sense the nearby tags, and simultaneously transmit the tag signals to the PC, which after recognition software and post-reception treatment by the RFID, rescue personnel can clearly know the location and basic data of the hydrants.