Firefighting uniform management system

Abstract

To provide a firefighting uniform management system that enables the appropriate management of cleaning of a firefighting uniform.SOLUTION: The firefighting uniform management system has an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information from an RFID tag attached to a firefighting uniform after firefighting activities, a measurement value acquisition unit that acquires measurement values from a sensor that detects the contamination status of the firefighting uniform, a transmission unit that transmits a request for cleaning or measurement value information for the firefighting uniform to a terminal device at a cleaning center together with the identification information, and a storage unit that receives the results of the cleaning from the terminal device at the cleaning center to store them in association with the identification information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a firefighter suit management system. [Background technology]

[0002] Generally, dry cleaning shops attach paper cleaning tags to clothes that have been requested to be cleaned, and manage the clothes based on the information recorded on the cleaning tags. Patent Document 1 describes a system in which IC tags are attached to clothes and cleaning data is managed using the information recorded on the IC tags. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2020-194326 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, after firefighters have completed their firefighting activities, chemical contaminants may remain on their firefighting suits. These contaminants cannot be sufficiently removed by normal washing. Furthermore, if chemical stains remain on the firefighting suits, they may affect health. For this reason, when washing firefighting suits, it is necessary to take into account the state of contamination.

[0005] In view of the above problems, the present invention aims to provide a firefighting suit management system that enables proper management of the cleaning of firefighting suits. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] A firefighting suit management system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information from an RFID tag attached to the firefighting suit after firefighting activities, a measurement value acquisition unit that acquires measurement values ​​from a sensor that detects the contamination state of the firefighting suit, a transmission unit that transmits a request for cleaning the firefighting suit or measurement value information together with the identification information to a terminal device at a cleaning site, and a memory unit that receives the results of the cleaning from the terminal device at the cleaning site and stores them in association with the identification information. Effect of the Invention

[0007] According to the present invention, an RFID tag is attached to the firefighting suit, and information on the contamination level of the firefighting suit used at the fire scene is recorded on the tag. In addition, at the cleaning station, the contamination level information is read from the tag of the firefighting suit requested for cleaning, and cleaning is performed according to this contamination level. The contamination level information is stored in association with the identification information. This makes it possible to manage the cleaning of the firefighting suit, taking into account the contamination specific to the firefighting suit. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing an overview of a firefighting suit management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display on a crew terminal device in the firefighting suit management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display screen of a management terminal device in the firefighting suit management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] 4 is a flowchart showing a process performed when a fire department manages firefighter suits in the firefighter suit management system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 5] 1 is a flowchart showing a process for managing firefighting suits at a cleaning station in the firefighting suit management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a firefighting suit management system according to another embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0009] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of a firefighting suit management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0010] 1, a reader / writer 20, a terminal device 21, a pollution sensor 22, and a management terminal device 23 are installed in a fire station 2 that performs firefighting duties. Furthermore, a firefighter terminal device 24 is carried by a firefighter performing firefighting duties at the fire station 2. The firefighter terminal device 24 does not necessarily have to be carried at all times as long as the firefighter can confirm the notification contents when checking the pollution level, etc.

[0011] The reader / writer 20 reads / writes data from / to an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag 11 attached to the firefighting suit 10. The firefighting suit 10 is a garment with excellent fire resistance and heat resistance that is worn by firefighters when a fire breaks out, and is also called a fire suit. The firefighting suit 10 is a jacket, a trousers, etc., but may also be fireproof boots, Kevlar (registered trademark) gloves, etc. In the firefighting suit management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, one RFID tag 11 is attached to each of the collar, jacket, trousers, etc. of the firefighting suit 10 that is to be managed. For example, one RFID tag 11 is attached to each of the collar, jacket, and trousers. The RFID tag 11 has a built-in antenna and IC chip, and can read / write data wirelessly. The reader / writer 20 wirelessly reads / writes data from / to the RFID tag 11 attached to the firefighting suit 10.

[0012] The RFID tag 11 used has excellent water resistance, fire resistance, and heat resistance. The RFID tag 11 is preferably sewn integrally into the firefighter suit 10. The RFID tag 11 may be used in common with other systems, such as a rescue system for firefighters.

[0013] The terminal device 21 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory, and performs various processes based on a program. A mobile terminal or a tablet terminal can be used as the terminal device 21. The reader / writer 20 and the terminal device 21 are connected to each other by wire or wirelessly.

[0014] The terminal device 21 includes a display unit 211, a read / write unit 212, an input unit 213, and a notification unit 214. The display unit 211 is composed of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and displays various information. The read / write unit 212 controls the reading and writing of the RFID tag 11 by the reader / writer 20. In this embodiment, the read / write unit 212 functions as an identification information acquisition unit that acquires a fire suit ID as identification information for individually identifying the fire suit distributed to each firefighter from the RFID tag 11. The input unit 213 inputs various information. In this embodiment, the input unit 213 functions as a measurement value acquisition unit that acquires a measurement value from the contamination sensor 22 that detects the contamination state of the fire suit 10. The notification unit 214 transmits and receives data via the network 41. In this embodiment, the notification unit 214 functions as a transmission unit that transmits a request to clean the fire suit 10 to the terminal device 31 or the management terminal device 33 of the cleaning station 3 together with the fire suit ID.

[0015] The contamination sensor 22 detects contamination adhering to the firefighting suit 10 at the scene of a fire. That is, at a fire scene, soot, chemical substances, etc. may be scattered, and blood may be attached to the firefighting suit 10 during rescue operations. The contamination sensor 22 detects contamination such as soot, blood, and chemical substances adhering to the firefighting suit 10 at the scene of a fire. When detecting soot or blood, the contamination sensor 22 detects the contamination state by extracting an area of ​​the image of the firefighting suit that corresponds to soot or blood, for example, by image analysis. When detecting chemical substances, the contamination sensor 22 detects the target chemical substance by bringing a sensor element into contact with or close to the firefighting suit 10.

[0016] The management terminal device 23 is, for example, a personal computer. The management terminal device 23 transmits and receives data to and from the server 40 via the network 41, and provides management information of the fire suit 10 to the fire station 2. For example, the management terminal device 23 stores in the server 40 a firefighter ID as identification information of each firefighter in association with a fire suit ID based on an operation input from an administrator. This allows the server 40 to grasp the correspondence between the firefighter indicated by the firefighter ID and the fire suit indicated by the fire suit ID that has been loaned to the firefighter. Here, when multiple fire suits are loaned to one firefighter, multiple fire suit IDs can be stored in the server 40 in association with one firefighter ID.

[0017] The firefighter terminal device 24 is, for example, a mobile terminal. The firefighter terminal device 24 can be used to obtain information about the firefighting suit 10 used by the firefighter. A case will be described in which the firefighter terminal device 24 is a device separate from the terminal device 21, but the function of the firefighter terminal device 24 may be installed in the terminal device 21, or the function of the terminal device 21 may be installed in the firefighter terminal device 24.

[0018] The reader / writer 30, the terminal device 31, the cleaning equipment 32, and the management terminal device 33 are installed in a cleaning station 3 where the firefighting suits 10 are cleaned. The cleaning station 3 is, for example, a dry cleaning shop that performs cleaning as a business.

[0019] The reader / writer 30 reads / writes data from / to the RFID tag 11 attached to the firefighting suit 10 that has been brought for cleaning from the fire station 2. The reader / writer 30 and the terminal device 31 are connected by wire or wirelessly.

[0020] The terminal device 31 includes a CPU and a memory, and performs various processes based on a program. The terminal device 31 may be a mobile terminal or a tablet terminal.

[0021] The terminal device 31 includes a display unit 311, a read / write unit 312, an input unit 313, and a notification unit 314. The display unit 311 is composed of an LCD or the like, and displays various information. The read / write unit 312 controls reading and writing of the reader / writer 30. The input unit 313 inputs various information. The notification unit 314 transmits and receives data via the network 41. In addition, the terminal device 31 has a reset function that resets the number of times the identification information based on the RDID tag has been used after cleaning has been performed, and a reset function that resets the contamination level data stored corresponding to the RDID tag after cleaning has been performed.

[0022] The cleaning equipment 32 is equipment for cleaning dirt and contamination from the firefighting suit 10 to be cleaned. The cleaning equipment 32 may include washing machines and dryers for daily cleaning, as well as equipment for removing chemical substances and blood, removing viruses and bacteria, and decontaminating radioactivity.

[0023] The management terminal device 33 is, for example, a personal computer. The management terminal device 33 transmits and receives data to and from the server 40 via the network 41, and provides management information of the firefighting suit 10 to the dry cleaning shop that is the cleaning base 3.

[0024] The server 40 acquires and stores information on the entire fire suit 10 used in the fire suit management system 1, and manages the entire fire suit 10. The server 40 can be connected to the terminal device 21, the management terminal device 23, the crew terminal device 24 of the fire station 2, and the terminal device 31 and the management terminal device 33 of the cleaning station 3 via the network 41. In this embodiment, the server 40 functions as a storage unit that receives the contamination state of the fire suit 10 after fire fighting activities from the terminal device 21 of the fire station 2 and stores it in association with the fire suit ID, and receives the cleaning result of the fire suit 10 after cleaning from the terminal device 31 of the cleaning station 3 and stores it in association with the fire suit ID.

[0025] The server 40 includes a firefighter suit information acquisition unit 401 and a firefighter suit information management unit 402. The firefighter suit information acquisition unit 401 receives the contamination state of the firefighter suit 10 after firefighting activities from the terminal device 21 of the fire station 2, and stores the information in the storage device of the server 40 in association with the firefighter suit ID. The firefighter suit information acquisition unit 401 also receives the cleaning result of the firefighter suit 10 from the terminal device 31 of the cleaning station 3, and stores the information in the storage device of the server 40 in association with the firefighter suit ID. The firefighter suit information acquisition unit 401 also receives management information for managing the firefighter suit (firefighter ID, total number of uses, number of uses after cleaning, number of cleanings, etc.) from the terminal device 21 and the terminal device 31, and stores the information in the storage device of the server 40 in association with the firefighter suit ID.

[0026] The fire suit information management unit 402 writes and reads data indicating the condition of the fire suit using the contamination state obtained from the terminal device 21 of the fire station 2, information on the cleaning results obtained from the cleaning station 3, and management information for managing the fire suit (firefighter ID, total number of uses, number of uses since cleaning, number of cleanings).

[0027] In the firefighting suit management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, cleaning of the firefighting suit 10 is managed as follows.

[0028] After firefighting activities at the fire scene, the firefighters at the fire station 2 detect the contamination level of the firefighting suit 10 they used using the contamination sensor 22. At this time, the reader / writer 20 reads data from the RFID tag 11 attached to the firefighting suit 10 used by the firefighters.

[0029] That is, the RFID tag 11 records the fire suit ID as unique identification information. The reader / writer 20 acquires the fire suit ID from the RFID tag 11 and associates it with the firefighter ID of the firefighter. Then, the contamination sensor 22 measures the contamination level of the used fire suit 10, and the contamination level information is input to the terminal device 21. Then, the contamination level information based on the acquired measurement value is recorded in the RFID tag 11. At the same time, management information for managing the fire suit is updated (counting the total number of uses, counting the number of uses after washing). Also, the information of the RFID tag 11 at this time is transmitted from the terminal device 21 to the server 40 via the network 41 in association with the fire suit ID, and is stored in the server 40. Here, the contamination level measured by the contamination sensor 22 and management information for managing the fire suit (counting the total number of uses, counting the number of uses after washing) are stored in the server 40 together with the fire suit ID, so that various information associated with the fire suit ID stored in the RFID tag 11 can be read from the storage area of ​​the server 40. Therefore, it is not necessary to store information on the pollution level or management information in the RFID tag 11 .

[0030] Furthermore, the terminal device 21 determines the necessity of washing the firefighting suit 10 from contamination level information based on the measurement value acquired from the contamination sensor 22. That is, the terminal device 21 has a cleaning level determination function for determining whether the cleaning level corresponds to no cleaning required, first level cleaning, or second level cleaning, based on the measurement value (or contamination level) of the contamination sensor 22 and a reference value (or reference level). Here, the first level of cleaning is cleaning that is performed when the value (contamination level) of chemical contamination measured by the contamination sensor 22 exceeds a first reference value (reference level). The second level is cleaning that is performed when the value (contamination level) of the chemical contamination measured by the contamination sensor 22 is less than the first reference value (reference level) and exceeds the second reference value (reference level), where the first reference value is greater than the second reference value. If the value (contamination level) measured by the contamination sensor 22 is less than the second reference value, it may be determined that cleaning is not necessary. The first level cleaning is an advanced cleaning method that removes dirt caused by chemical substances. In addition, in the first level cleaning, processing is required to prevent contamination by wastewater or waste liquid. The second level cleaning is a normal cleaning method (cleaning that can be performed on a daily basis). When the firefighting suit 10 needs to be washed, a cleaning request is transmitted from the terminal device 21 to the firefighter terminal device 24 carried by the firefighter corresponding to that firefighting suit 10, and also to the terminal device 31 and the management terminal device 33 at the cleaning station 3 via the network 41. If it is determined that cleaning is not necessary, cleaning does not necessarily have to be performed, but cleaning may be performed as necessary.

[0031] FIG. 2 shows an example of the display of information transmitted to the firefighter terminal device 24. The firefighter ID and the firefighter suit ID of the firefighter suit 10 loaned to the firefighter are associated with each other. The firefighter ID is identification information for identifying the firefighter, and the firefighter can be identified by using this firefighter ID. When the user logs in with the firefighter ID, various information is displayed as shown in FIG. 2 based on the firefighter suit ID corresponding to the firefighter ID. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the firefighter terminal device 24 displays information INF1 on the necessity of cleaning, information INF2 on the contamination level, information INF3 on the total number of uses, information INF4 on the number of uses since cleaning, and information INF5 on the number of cleanings, in correspondence with the firefighter suit ID. These pieces of information are displayed based on information recorded in the RFID tag 11 or information stored in the server 40. The firefighter can determine the necessity of cleaning the firefighter suit 10 loaned to him or her based on the display on the firefighter terminal device 24. In Fig. 2, when one firefighter ID corresponds to one firefighter suit ID, various information corresponding to the one firefighter suit ID is shown, but when multiple firefighter suit IDs correspond to one firefighter ID, various information may be displayed for each associated firefighter suit ID. An example of a case where multiple firefighter suit IDs correspond to one firefighter ID is when multiple firefighter suits are loaned to one firefighter.

[0032] In Fig. 1, a firefighter who receives a cleaning request via a firefighter terminal device 24 transports the firefighter suit 10 to a dry cleaning shop that serves as a cleaning base 3 and requests that the suit be cleaned. In addition, the dry cleaning shop that serves as the cleaning base 3 can prepare for cleaning in response to the cleaning request sent from the terminal device 21.

[0033] When the firefighter suit 10 to be cleaned is delivered to the cleaning station 3, the reader / writer 30 obtains the firefighter suit ID from the RFID tag 11 attached to the firefighter suit 10 to be cleaned, and associates it with the firefighter suit 10. Then, the reader / writer 30 reads the contamination level information. Here, the terminal device 31 may obtain the contamination level information from the server 40 based on the firefighter suit ID read from the RFID tag 11 by the reader / writer 30. In the cleaning shop that serves as the cleaning station 3, the cleaning of the firefighter suit 10 is performed by the cleaning device 32 according to the contamination level information. That is, if the first level of cleaning is required based on the contamination level information recorded in the RFID tag 11 or the server 40, advanced cleaning that removes chemical substances is performed. If the second level of cleaning is required, daily cleaning is performed using a washing machine and a dryer.

[0034] When the cleaning of the fire suit 10 is completed, the terminal device 31 resets the contamination level information of the RFID tag 11 and updates the management information for managing the fire suit (counting the number of cleanings and resetting the number of uses since cleaning). The terminal device 31 also transmits the fire suit ID and the updated values ​​of the management information (counting the number of cleanings and the result of resetting the number of uses since cleaning) to the server 40, thereby updating the information associated with the fire suit ID in the server 40.

[0035] As described above, the server 40 receives information from the RFID tag 11 when the contamination level of the fire suit 10 is detected by the contamination sensor 22 at the fire station 2. From the information from the RFID tag 11 at this time, information on the contamination level of each fire suit 10 can be obtained corresponding to the fire suit ID. The server 40 also receives information from the RFID tag 11 when the fire suit 10 is washed by the washing device 32 at the washing station 3. From the information from the RFID tag 11 at this time, the status of whether the fire suit 10 has been cleaned can be obtained corresponding to the fire suit ID. Furthermore, from the information from the RFID tag 11, management information (total number of uses, number of uses since washing, number of washes) can be obtained. As a result, the server 40 can store information on the contamination level of the fire suit 10, whether washing has been performed, and if washing has been performed, the level of washing, and the management information in an internal storage device, and transmit the stored information to the request source based on a read request from the management terminal device or the crew terminal device. This allows a user using the management terminal device or the firefighter terminal device to manage the contamination and cleaning state of each firefighting suit 10.

[0036] The management terminal device 23 of the fire station 2 can receive and display various information about the firefighting suit 10 from the server 40 by accessing the server 40. Fig. 3 shows an example of a display displayed on the display screen of the management terminal device 23 when the server 40 is accessed.

[0037] As shown in Fig. 3, the management terminal device 23 displays the firefighter ID, the status of whether the firefighter suit is being cleaned or is usable, the contamination level, the total number of uses, the number of uses since cleaning, and the number of cleanings, in correspondence with the firefighter suit ID corresponding to the unique identification information of the RFID tag attached to each of the firefighter suits owned by the fire station 2 where the management terminal device 23 is installed. From this information, the fire station 2 can manage which firefighter suits 10 are usable. Also, from the information on the total number of uses, the deterioration status of the firefighter suits 10 can be grasped.

[0038] FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the process performed when the fire department 2 manages the firefighting suit 10.

[0039] (Step S11) After the firefighting work is performed at the fire scene, the terminal device 21 reads the data of the RFID tag 11 attached to the used firefighting suit 10 by the reader / writer 20. Then, the terminal device 21 acquires the firefighting suit ID from the read data of the RFID tag 11, and associates the firefighting suit ID with the firefighter ID.

[0040] (Step S12) The firefighter specifies to the pollution sensor 22 that the terminal device 21 is to be the destination of the measurement results, and then has the pollution sensor 22 measure the firefighting suit 10 that the firefighter used. The pollution sensor 22 detects the pollution level of the firefighting suit 10 used at the fire scene. The pollution level is detected for soot, chemical substances, and blood pollution. The pollution sensor 22 transmits the detected pollution level to the specified terminal device 22.

[0041] (Step S13) Terminal device 21 acquires the pollution level from pollution sensor 22, and records information on the pollution level of firefighting suit 10 in RFID tag 11 in association with the firefighting suit ID. Terminal device 21 also transmits the pollution level stored in RFID tag 11 to server 40 together with the identification information (firefighting suit ID) of RFID tag 11. As a result, server 40 stores the pollution level in association with the firefighting suit ID. Note that since the pollution level information is stored in server 40 here, various information associated with the firefighting suit ID stored in RFID tag 11 can be read from the storage area of ​​server 40. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the pollution level information in RFID tag 11.

[0042] (Step S14) The terminal device 21 updates the management information. Specifically, in response to detection of the contamination level of the firefighting suit 10, the terminal device 21 counts up the total number of uses and the number of uses after cleaning.

[0043] (Step S15) Terminal device 21 determines which cleaning level the contamination level corresponds to from the measurement value of contamination sensor 22. The contamination levels are either no cleaning required, first level cleaning, or second level cleaning. Here, if contamination sensor 22 measures multiple items such as soot, blood contamination, and chemical contamination, terminal device 21 may determine which contamination level the contamination level is from a combination of the measurement results of these measurement items, and determine which cleaning level this contamination level corresponds to.

[0044] (Step S16) The terminal device 21 determines whether cleaning is necessary or not based on the result of the contamination level determination. If the contamination level exceeds the second reference value (Step S16: Yes), the terminal device 21 determines that cleaning is necessary and proceeds to step S17, and if the contamination level is less than the second reference value, the terminal device 21 determines that cleaning is not necessary (Step S16: No) and proceeds to step S18.

[0045] (Step S17) If it is determined in step S16 that cleaning is necessary (step S16: Yes), the terminal device 21 sends a cleaning request along with the determined cleaning level (first cleaning level or second cleaning level) to the firefighter terminal device 24 of the firefighter ID corresponding to the firefighter suit ID, and also sends a cleaning request along with the cleaning level (first cleaning level or second cleaning level) to the terminal device 31 at the cleaning station 3 or the management terminal device 33, and proceeds to processing at step S18.

[0046] (Step S18) The terminal device 21 transmits information on the RFID tag 11, including the contamination level, management information, and identification information of the RFID tag 11, to the server 40 via the network 41. The server 40 stores the contamination level and the management information. Here, the terminal device 21 may also transmit information to the server 40 indicating whether cleaning has been requested, and if cleaning has been requested, the requested cleaning level. In this case, the server 40 can also store information indicating whether cleaning of the firefighting suit has been requested, and if cleaning has been requested, the requested cleaning level.

[0047] FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a process for managing the firefighting suit 10 at the cleaning station 3.

[0048] (Step S21) The terminal device 31 of the dry cleaning shop that will be the cleaning base 3 can receive a cleaning request in advance from the terminal device 21 of the fire station 2 (see step S16). This allows the dry cleaning shop that will be the cleaning base 3 to prepare for cleaning the firefighting uniforms.

[0049] (Step S22) When the firefighter suit 10 to be cleaned is delivered, the terminal device 31 reads the data of the RFID tag 11 attached to the firefighter suit 10 to be cleaned by the reader / writer 30. Then, the terminal device 31 obtains the firefighter suit ID from the read data of the RFID tag 11.

[0050] (Step S23) The terminal device 31 acquires information on the contamination level from the read data of the RFID tag 11 in correspondence with the firefighting suit ID.

[0051] (Step S24) In the dry cleaning shop that serves as the cleaning base 3, the firefighting suit 10 is washed by the cleaning device 32 in accordance with the information on the contamination level. That is, when the information on the contamination level indicates that a first level of cleaning is required, the cleaning device 32 performs an advanced cleaning to remove chemical substances, and when the information on the contamination level indicates that a second level of cleaning is required, the cleaning device 32 performs a normal cleaning using a washing machine and a dryer.

[0052] (Step S25) When the cleaning of the fire suit 10 is completed, the terminal device 31 receives an instruction from the operator at the dry cleaners to reset the contamination level, and when the RFID tag 11 attached to the cleaned fire suit 10 is brought within a communication range, the terminal device 31 communicates with the RFID tag 11 and resets (erases) the contamination level information stored in the RFID tag 11.

[0053] (Step S26) The terminal device 31 updates the management information. Specifically, the terminal device 31 counts the number of times the firefighter suit 10 has been washed in the washing device 32. In addition, the terminal device 31 resets the number of times the firefighter suit has been used since washing, every time the firefighter suit is washed in the washing device 32.

[0054] (Step S27) The terminal device 31 transmits the information of the RFID tag 11, including the cleaning result, to the server 40 via the network 41. The server 40 stores the cleaning result and the management information in association with the firefighting suit ID.

[0055] As described above, in this embodiment, the RFID tag 11 is attached to the fire suit 10, and the contamination level of the fire suit 10 used at the fire scene is detected by the contamination sensor 22, and the contamination level information is recorded in the RFID tag 11 in association with the fire suit ID. In addition, at the cleaning station 3, the contamination level information is read from the RFID tag 11 of the fire suit 10 requested to be cleaned in association with the fire suit ID. This makes it possible to easily grasp whether or not cleaning is necessary in consideration of contamination specific to the fire suit, using the contamination level information.

[0056] In addition, dry cleaning shops that wash firefighting suits can be divided into shops that have cleaning equipment and cleaning techniques for advanced cleaning such as removing chemical substances, shops that do not have cleaning equipment and cleaning techniques for advanced cleaning, and shops that can handle both advanced cleaning and normal cleaning. When the contamination level of the firefighting suit 10 is determined from the measurement value of the contamination sensor 22, the terminal device 21 has a selection function that determines which cleaning level the contamination level corresponds to and selects a cleaning station 3 to be requested to clean the suit according to the cleaning level, and may transmit a cleaning request to the terminal device of the cleaning station according to the selection result. Here, when it is determined that cleaning is unnecessary, the terminal device 21 may determine that there is no corresponding cleaning station because cleaning is not necessarily required.

[0057] That is, when the terminal device 21 determines that a first level of cleaning is necessary from the information on the contamination level based on the measurement value of the contamination sensor 22, it selects a cleaning facility 3 having cleaning equipment 32 and cleaning technology capable of advanced cleaning to remove chemical substances and transmits a cleaning request, and when it determines that a second level of cleaning is necessary, it transmits a cleaning request to a cleaning facility 3 having daily cleaning equipment 32. Also, the first level of cleaning may be requested to a dry cleaning shop capable of advanced cleaning, while the second level of cleaning may be performed in the fire station 2 if daily cleaning can be performed there.

[0058] Also, when the firefighter suit 10 is washed at the cleaning shop serving as the cleaning base 3, the terminal device 31 at the cleaning base 3 may transmit cleaning result data indicating the cleaning process from the terminal device 31 at the cleaning base 3 to the server 40, and the server 40 may receive the cleaning result data from the terminal device 31 and store it in a storage device within the server 40. That is, when the firefighter suit 10 is washed at the cleaning shop serving as the cleaning base 3, the terminal device 31 transmits information on whether the first level cleaning or the second level cleaning was performed to the server 40 and stores it in the server 40. Also, when the inspection result shows that the dirt cannot be sufficiently removed, the terminal device 31 at the cleaning base 3 stores the cleaning result data in the RFID tag 11 and transmits it to the server 40 to store it in the server 40. Here, since the cleaning result data is stored in the server 40, it is not necessarily necessary to store the cleaning result data in the RFID tag 11.

[0059] In addition, the cleaning site 3 may determine whether or not inspection of whether dirt has been removed after cleaning is necessary depending on the cleaning process. For example, when cleaning is performed using a cleaning agent that is clearly capable of removing chemical substances and blood, the cleaning site 3 may determine that dirt has been sufficiently removed by performing cleaning with that cleaning agent instead of performing a cleaning inspection.

[0060] In the above example, the total number of uses, the number of uses after washing, and the number of washes are used as the management information, but other management information may be used. For example, the date on which the fire suit 10 was used or the date on which the fire suit 10 was washed may be used as the management information. In addition, the total number of uses and the number of uses after washing may be stored separately for the number of times the fire suit was actually deployed for firefighting activities and the number of times it was used for training.

[0061] In the above example, information on the contamination level detected by the contamination sensor 22, and management information such as the total number of uses, the number of uses after cleaning, and the number of cleanings are recorded in the RFID tag 11 and transmitted to and stored in the server 40, but it is also possible to store the information only in the server 40 without recording it in the RFID tag 11. In this case, it is sufficient to use an RFID tag 11 that can only read out the identification information.

[0062] Fig. 6 shows a firefighting suit management system according to another embodiment of the present invention. The firefighting suit management system according to another embodiment of the present invention includes an identification information acquisition unit 504 that acquires identification information from an RFID tag 502 attached to a firefighting suit 501 after firefighting activities, a measurement value acquisition unit 505 that acquires a measurement value from a sensor 503 that detects the contamination state of the firefighting suit 501, a transmission unit 506 that transmits a request to wash the firefighting suit together with the identification information to a terminal device at a washing station, and a storage unit 508 that receives the washing result from a terminal device 507 at the washing station and stores it in association with the identification information.

[0063] The firefighting suit management system 1 in the above-mentioned embodiment may be realized in whole or in part by a computer. In that case, a program for realizing this function may be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in the recording medium may be read into a computer system and executed to realize the function. The term "computer system" as used herein includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices. The term "computer-readable recording medium" refers to portable media such as flexible disks, optical magnetic disks, ROMs, and CD-ROMs, and storage devices such as hard disks built into a computer system. The term "computer-readable recording medium" may also include a medium that dynamically holds a program for a short period of time, such as a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, and a medium that holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory inside a computer system that is a server or client in that case. The above-mentioned program may be a program for realizing a part of the above-mentioned function, or may be a program that can realize the above-mentioned function in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system, or may be a program that is realized using a programmable logic device such as an FPGA.

[0064] Although an embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and designs that do not deviate from the gist of the present invention are also included. [Explanation of symbols]

[0065] 2... Fire station, 3... Cleaning station, 10... Firefighting suit, 11... RFID tag, 20... Reader / writer, 21... Terminal device, 22... Pollution sensor, 30... Reader / writer, 31... Terminal device, 32... Cleaning equipment, 501... Firefighting suit, 502... RFID tag, 503... Sensor, 504... Identification information acquisition unit, 505... Measurement value acquisition unit, 506... Transmitter, 507... Terminal device, 508... Memory unit

Claims

1. an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information from an RFID tag attached to the firefighting suit after the firefighting activity; A measurement value acquisition unit that acquires a measurement value from a sensor that detects the contamination state of the firefighting suit; A transmission unit that transmits a cleaning request or measurement value information of the firefighting suit together with the identification information to a terminal device at a cleaning station; a storage unit that receives a result of the cleaning performed from a terminal device at the cleaning station and stores the result in association with the identification information; A firefighting suit management system.

2. a cleaning level determination unit that determines which of a plurality of different cleaning levels the measurement corresponds to based on the measurement value and a reference value; a selection unit that selects which of the cleaning stations to request cleaning based on the level obtained as a result of the determination, The cleaning request is transmitted to a terminal at the selected cleaning site. The firefighting suit management system according to claim 1.

3. a receiving unit that receives cleaning result data indicating the cleaning process from a terminal device at the cleaning site; The cleaning result data is stored in the storage unit in association with the identification information. The firefighting suit management system according to claim 1.

4. A counting unit that counts the number of times the device has been used since it was washed; a reset unit that resets the number of times of use for the identification information based on the tag after the cleaning is performed. The firefighting suit management system according to claim 1, further comprising:

5. a reset unit for resetting the contamination level data stored in correspondence with the tag after the cleaning is performed. The firefighting suit management system according to claim 1, further comprising:

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