Support system, support system control method, and support system control program

Abstract

To provide support systems etc. to assist the activities of fire brigades. [Solution] A support system that supports the activities of fire brigades comprises a memory unit that stores fire brigade information including the jurisdiction of each division that makes up the fire brigade and water resources information including the locations of fire water resources, an acquisition unit that acquires a dispatch order issued when a disaster occurs and including information about the location of the disaster and the divisions that should be dispatched to the disaster scene, an allocation unit that allocates fire water resources to be used by each of multiple dispatched divisions based on the dispatch order, fire brigade information, and water resources information, and a communication unit that transmits the allocation information regarding the fire water resources allocated by the allocation unit to the communication terminals of the fire brigade members that make up the dispatched division, and the acquisition unit acquires a withdrawal order that is issued when the disaster has been resolved, and the allocation unit releases the allocation of fire water resources to the dispatched division in response to the withdrawal command.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a support system, a control method for a support system, and a control program for a support system, and in particular to a support system that supports the activities of a fire brigade, a control method for a support system, and a control program for a support system. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, there are services that provide visualization of information about the installation locations and reach of water facilities required for firefighting and fire water facilities designated by the Fire Service Act (for example, Non-Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Non-patent literature]

[0003] [Non-Patent Document 1] Informatics Co., Ltd., "Fire Water Supply Sufficiency Analysis Result Creation Service," [online], searched on August 19, 2023, Internet<URL:https: / / www.informatix.co.jp / water-use> Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Although data on firefighting water resources is provided, the firefighting water resources to be used when a fire brigade is actually dispatched are decided by visual inspection or verbal discussion among fire brigade members at the scene where the fire brigade members are dispatched. In other words, each fire brigade member cannot recognize the water resources used by other fire brigades until he or she arrives at the scene. Therefore, if the water resources that he or she planned to use at the scene are already being used by another fire brigade, he or she needs to find unused water resources around the scene. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] A support system for supporting the activities of a fire brigade in one embodiment of the present invention comprises a memory unit that stores fire brigade information including the jurisdiction of each division that makes up the fire brigade and water resources information including the locations of fire water resources; an acquisition unit that acquires a dispatch order issued when a disaster occurs, the dispatch order including information about the location of the disaster and the divisions that should be dispatched to the disaster scene; an allocation unit that allocates fire water resources to be used by each of a number of dispatched divisions based on the dispatch order, fire brigade information, and water resources information; and a communication unit that transmits the allocation information regarding the fire water resources allocated by the allocation unit to the communication terminals of the fire brigade members that make up the dispatched division, and the acquisition unit acquires a withdrawal order that is issued when the disaster has been resolved, and the allocation unit releases the allocation of fire water resources to the dispatched division in response to the withdrawal command.

[0006] In a support system according to one embodiment of the present invention, the allocation unit may allocate fire water resources to multiple dispatched divisions in order of the proximity of the jurisdiction of each dispatched division to the location where the disaster occurred, based on the location of the disaster and the jurisdiction of each division included in the fire brigade information.

[0007] In a support system according to one embodiment of the present invention, the allocation unit may allocate fire water resources to the dispatched fire brigade based on specified conditions related to at least one of the type of fire vehicle owned by each brigade, the number of fire brigade members, and the activity track record of the fire brigade members, which are further stored in the fire brigade information.

[0008] In a support system according to one embodiment of the present invention, the acquisition unit further acquires information regarding the state of fire water resources, and the allocation unit may select, based on the state of the fire water resources, from among a plurality of fire water resources located around the location where the disaster has occurred, a fire water resource sufficient to bring the disaster to an end, to be allocated to the dispatched corps.

[0009] In the support system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the allocation unit may allocate multiple fire water resources to one dispatch unit.

[0010] In a support system according to one embodiment of the present invention, before the allocation unit allocates fire water resources to the dispatched brigade, the communication unit transmits available water resources information regarding fire water resources around the location of the disaster that can be used by the dispatched brigade to the communication terminals of the fire brigade members who make up the dispatched brigade, the acquisition unit acquires from the communication terminal a selection of fire water resources that the dispatched brigade plans to use, the allocation unit allocates the selected fire water resources to the dispatched brigade and updates the selected fire water resources in the available water resources information to be unselectable, and the communication unit transmits the updated available water resources information to the communication terminals of the fire brigade members who make up the dispatched brigade.

[0011] A control method of a support system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: an information processing device acquiring a dispatch command issued when a disaster occurs, the dispatch command including information on the location of the disaster and the dispatched divisions to be dispatched to the disaster scene; allocating fire water resources to be used by each of a plurality of dispatched divisions based on the dispatch command, fire brigade information including the jurisdiction of each division that makes up the fire brigade, and water resources information including the location of the fire water resources, which are stored in a specified memory unit; and transmitting allocation information regarding the fire water resources allocated by the allocating step to communication terminals of the fire brigade members that make up the dispatched division, wherein the acquiring step acquires an evacuation command issued in response to the disaster being resolved, and the allocating step releases the allocation of the fire water resources to the dispatched division in response to the evacuation command.

[0012] The control program of the support system of one embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing device with the following functions: a function to acquire a dispatch order issued when a disaster occurs, the function including information on the location of the disaster and the dispatched divisions to be dispatched to the disaster scene; a function to allocate fire water resources to be used by multiple dispatched divisions based on fire brigade information including the jurisdictional areas of each division that makes up the fire brigade and water resources information including the locations of fire water resources, which are stored in a designated memory unit; and a function to transmit the allocation information on the fire water resources allocated by the allocation function to the communication terminals of the fire brigade members that make up the dispatched divisions.The acquisition function acquires an evacuation command issued when a disaster has been resolved, and the allocation function releases the allocation of fire water resources to the dispatched divisions in response to the evacuation command. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a support system configuration according to one embodiment of the present invention, and is an example of a functional block diagram of a water utilization management server (information processing device) and a fire brigade member terminal (communication terminal). [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is an example of fire brigade information according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is an example of water utilization information according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is an example of a member information table according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is an example of an allocation information table according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is an example of a sequence diagram between a command server, a water utilization management server, and a fire brigade member terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is an example of a display screen of a fire brigade member terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is an example of a sequence diagram between a command server, a water utilization management server, and a fire brigade member terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 9] 9(a) to (c) are examples of the display screen of the fire brigade member terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0014] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention (also referred to as the present invention) according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the drawings are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to those shown in the drawings. For example, the number of water utilization management servers (information processing devices), fire brigade terminals (communication terminals), water utilization management servers, database servers, etc., data sets (tables), sequence diagrams, and display screens are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these.

[0015] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system 600 may be a system related to a fire brigade support service that supports firefighting activities by a plurality of fire brigades (fire divisions) that are the subject of a dispatch command by allocating fire water resources at the disaster site in advance to each fire brigade. Note that a fire brigade is organized by a plurality of fire divisions, and here, a "fire division" is described as a basic activity unit that is dispatched to the disaster site upon receiving a dispatch command, which will be described later. Therefore, some fire brigades have activity units defined as "fire departments" or "fire teams," but hereinafter, "fire divisions" will include these fire departments and fire teams.

[0016] The information processing system 600 may include a water utilization management server (information processing device) 100, a command server 101, the water utilization management server 100, a user's communication terminal (fire brigade member terminal) 200 (200A, 200B), and a database server 400.

[0017] The details will be described later, but the functions of each component will be briefly described. The command server 101 may be a server (information processing device) related to a fire command system maintained by the fire department headquarters. Here, the fire command system refers to a system for supporting a series of fire command operations, such as identifying the disaster site, organizing a dispatch team, and issuing dispatch orders to fire stations (fire stations, branch offices, and other equivalent fire facilities) upon receiving a dispatch request via an emergency call such as 119, and may be an existing system. Here, the term "dispatch" refers to a fire brigade member heading to the scene, which has the same meaning as "appearing" used at a fire scene. Also, the "dispatch division" may refer to the fire brigade that received the dispatch order.

[0018] The water management server 100 may be an information processing device capable of executing various processes related to the fire brigade support service realized by the information processing system 600. The water management server 100 may allocate fire water resources near the scene to multiple dispatched corps and notify each dispatched corps. In addition, the water management server 100 may cancel the allocation of fire water resources to each dispatched corps when the disaster is resolved and the activities of the dispatched corps are completed. Note that the "fire water resources" may be water facilities necessary for firefighting and those designated as fire water resources under the provisions of the Fire Service Act. Fire water resources may be, for example, fire hydrants, private fire hydrants, fire water tanks, pools, rivers, ditches, moats, ponds, seas, lakes, wells, sewers, etc.

[0019] The water management server 100 may be connected to the command server 101 and the fire brigade member terminals 200A and 200B via a network 500. The network 500 may include a wireless network or a wired network. Specifically, for example, the network 500 may be a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wide area network (WAN), ISDNs (integrated service digital networks), wireless LANs, code division multiple access (CDMA), long term evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced, 4th generation communication (4G), 5th generation communication (5G), 6th generation communication (6G) or later mobile communication system, etc. The network 500 may also be a combination of these.

[0020] Although only one irrigation management server 100 is shown in Fig. 1, this is not limited to this. In other words, each function described as being provided by the irrigation management server 100 may be realized by multiple servers. Furthermore, the irrigation management server 100 may be, for example, a distributed server system that cooperates by communicating via a network, or may be a so-called cloud server. In other words, the irrigation management server 100 is not limited to a physical server, and may also include a virtual server created by software.

[0021] The fire brigade member terminals 200A and 200B may be communication terminals of fire brigade members who are users who use the fire brigade support service. Although only two fire brigade member terminals 200A and 200B are shown in FIG. 1, the fire brigade member terminals may exist in the same number as the number of users who use the fire brigade support service, and when no particular distinction is made, the fire brigade member terminals are simply referred to as the fire brigade member terminals 200.

[0022] An application for using the fire brigade support service (hereinafter also referred to as the "fire brigade support app") is installed in the fire brigade member terminal 200, and various information may be transmitted and received between the fire brigade member terminal 200 and the water utilization management server 100. The fire brigade member terminal 200 may be any terminal that can realize the functions described in each embodiment described below and that is portable by the user. For example, the fire brigade member terminal 200 may be a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a notebook computer, or a wearable terminal (such as a glasses-type device or a watch-type device).

[0023] The database server 400 may store (contain) various information (data) used in the information processing system 600. Although only one database server 400 is shown in FIG. 1, separate from the irrigation management server 100, the database server 400 may be integrated into the irrigation management server 100. In other words, the database server 400 may be a volatile or non-volatile memory of the irrigation management server 100. The database server 400 may be composed of multiple storage devices. The database server 400 may be connected to the irrigation management server 100 via a dedicated internal network different from the network 500, or may be connected to the irrigation management server 100 via the network 500.

[0024] <Database> Here, an example of information stored in the database server 400 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. FIG. 2 may be an example of a fire brigade information table related to each fire brigade that uses the fire brigade support service. The fire brigade information table TB10 may store the division name, jurisdiction, owned vehicles, division base, number of members, etc., in association with the division ID for uniquely identifying each division that organizes the fire brigade, for each fire brigade ID (IDentifier) ​​(one example of an identifier) ​​for uniquely identifying each fire brigade. The "jurisdiction" may refer to the area that the fire brigade is responsible for. The jurisdiction may be specified by address, range specification by latitude and longitude, etc. The "owned vehicle" may be a fire vehicle loaned to the fire brigade, and may be, for example, a pump truck, a ladder truck, a chemical fire engine, an ambulance, etc. The "division base" may be the location of a facility that will be the division's activity base in the event of a disaster, and may be information indicating the location of the division headquarters facility, a hangar, etc. The information stored in the fire brigade information table TB10 is not limited to that shown in the figure, and may be less than or more than that. For example, the fire brigade information table TB10 may further store the number of years of activity, dispatch history, etc. Also, in the example of FIG. 2, an example is shown in which a fire brigade information table is set for each fire brigade, but the table may be configured in any way as long as each fire brigade and each division that organizes the fire brigade can be uniquely identified.

[0025] FIG. 3 may be an example of a water supply information table related to firefighting water supply. In the example of FIG. 3, an example is shown in which a table TB20 related to fire water tanks and a table TB21 related to fire hydrants are separated as the water supply information table, but the present invention is not limited to this. In addition, the water supply information table may be a table that stores information on pools, rivers, ditches, the sea, etc. In the fire water tank information table TB20, the address, the name of the installation location, the water volume, etc. may be stored in association with a water supply ID for uniquely identifying each fire water tank. In addition, in the fire hydrant information table TB21, the address, the name of the installation location, the type, etc. may be stored in association with a water supply ID for uniquely identifying each fire hydrant. Here, fire hydrants are classified into "above ground type" and "underground type", and these types may be stored in the fire hydrant information table TB21 in an identifiable manner. In addition, the water supply information may be provided by an external service exemplified in Non-Patent Document 1 or by each local government.

[0026] FIG. 4 may be an example of a member information table related to fire brigade members belonging to each fire brigade. The member information table TB30 may store the division ID of the division to which the fire brigade member belongs, the name, type, registration date, etc., in association with the member ID for uniquely identifying each fire brigade member. Here, in addition to "basic members" who perform normal firefighting activities, there are "functional members" who only perform activities during limited time periods or for specific disaster types and play a role in complementing the activities of the fire brigade. The "type" in the member information table TB30 may store information that can identify them. The "functional members" include motorcycle squads, female fire brigade divisions, large-scale disaster members, work area members, and public relations members.

[0027] 5 may be an example of an allocation information table regarding fire water resources allocated to the dispatched divisions. The allocation information table TB40 and the allocation of fire water resources to each dispatched division will be described later.

[0028] <Water management server> Next, the hardware configuration and the functional configuration of the water utilization management server 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

[0029] (1) Hardware configuration of the water management server The water utilization management server 100 may include a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, and a memory unit 170.

[0030] The control unit 110 is typically a processor, and includes a central processing unit (CPU), a micro processing unit (MPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a microprocessor, a processor core, a multiprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc., and may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)), etc., or a dedicated circuit.

[0031] The storage unit 170 stores various programs and various data required for the operation of the server 100. The storage unit 170 may include, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, etc. The storage unit 170 may also include a memory that provides a working area for the control unit 110.

[0032] The communication unit 120 may be implemented as hardware such as a network adapter, communication software, or a combination of these. The communication unit 120 may transmit and receive various data to and from the fire brigade member terminal 200 and the command server 101 via the network 500. The communication unit 120 may transmit, to the fire brigade member terminal 200, information on fire water resources assigned to the dispatched division to which the fire brigade member belongs, in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 110. The communication unit 120 may also transmit, to the fire brigade member terminal 200 constituting the dispatched division, information on fire water resources around the disaster occurrence site that can be used by the dispatched division.

[0033] (2) Functional configuration of the server The server 100 may include an acquisition unit 111, an allocation unit 112, a generation unit 113, and a determination unit 114 as functions realized by the control unit 110. Note that in Fig. 2, functional units that are not essential to the embodiments described hereinafter may be omitted. Furthermore, the functions or processes of each functional unit may be realized by machine learning or AI (Artificial Intelligence) to the extent that they can be realized.

[0034] The acquisition unit 111 may acquire from the command server 101 a dispatch command that is issued when a disaster occurs and includes information on the location of the disaster and the dispatch unit to be dispatched to the disaster site. The acquisition unit 111 may also acquire a withdrawal command that is issued from the command server 101 in response to the end of the disaster. The acquisition unit 111 may also acquire information on the state of firefighting water resources and information on road conditions around the location of the disaster. The "information on the state of firefighting water resources" is information that can determine whether the firefighting water resources are sufficient to end the disaster, and may be, for example, the amount of water retained. The "information on road conditions" is information on the state of the road that should be considered when dispatching a fire engine to the disaster site, and may be, for example, the vehicle width, the presence or absence of construction work, the congestion state, etc.

[0035] The allocation unit 112 may allocate fire water resources to be used by each of the multiple dispatched divisions based on the dispatch command, the fire brigade information (fire brigade information table TB10) and the water resource information (water resource information tables TB20 and TB21) stored in the database server 400. The method of allocation will be described later.

[0036] Information regarding the allocation of fire water resources to each dispatch division by the allocation unit 112 may be stored as an allocation information table TB40 in Fig. 5. The allocation information table TB40 may store the division ID of the active division to which the fire water resources are allocated, the allocation date and time, etc., in association with the water resource ID for uniquely identifying the fire water resources. Note that the information stored in the allocation information table TB40 is not limited to that shown in the figure, and may be less or more than this. In addition, the allocation information table TB40 may be stored in the database server 400 as the use history of the fire water resources.

[0037] Here, "allocation" may refer to a state where the fire water resource is allocated to a dispatched division and the fire water resource is set to a state where it cannot be allocated to another dispatched division, and for example, a flag indicating that the fire water resource has been allocated may be set in the water resource information tables TB20 and TB21. The allocation information on the fire water resource allocated by the allocation unit 112 may be transmitted to the fire brigade member terminals constituting the dispatched division.

[0038] In addition, the allocation unit 112 may cancel the allocation of the fire water resource to the dispatched division in response to a withdrawal command from the command server 101. "Cancellation of allocation" may refer to updating the fire water resource to an allocable state, and may be, for example, lowering a flag indicating that the resource has been allocated.

[0039] The generating unit 113 may generate display information for displaying a screen for allowing a fire brigade member to visually confirm the allocation status of each fire water resource when transmitting the allocation information to the fire brigade member terminal 200. An example of the display screen of the fire brigade member terminal 200 will be described later.

[0040] The determination unit 114 may perform various determination processes and pass the determination results to the allocation unit 112, the generation unit 113, and the like.

[0041] <Fire brigade member terminal> Next, the hardware configuration and the functional configuration of a fire brigade member terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

[0042] (1) Hardware configuration of fire brigade member terminals The fire brigade member terminal 200 may include a control unit 210, a communication unit 220, a display unit 230, an input / output unit 240, and a memory unit 270.

[0043] The control unit 210 is typically a processor, and may include a central processing unit (CPU), MPU, GPU, microprocessor, processor core, multiprocessor, ASIC, FPGA, etc., and may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) or a dedicated circuit formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip, LSI), etc. The control unit 210 may execute the functions and methods shown in each embodiment by reading a program stored in the storage unit 270 and executing a code or instruction included in the read program.

[0044] The storage unit 270 stores various programs and various data required for the operation of the fire brigade member terminal 200. That is, the storage unit 270 may store a program related to a fire brigade support application. The storage unit 270 may include, for example, a flash memory or a memory (such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory)) that provides a working area for the control unit 210.

[0045] The communication unit 220 may be implemented as hardware such as a network adapter, communication software, or a combination of these. The communication unit 220 may transmit and receive various data between the water utilization management server 100 and the command server 101 via the network 500 using any communication protocol. For example, the communication unit 220 may obtain a dispatch command from the command server 101. When the communication unit 220 is configured as a physically structured circuit, it may be expressed as a communication circuit.

[0046] The display unit 230 is a monitor that displays data according to the display data written to the frame buffer, and may be realized by, for example, an organic electroluminescence display (OLED), a liquid crystal display (LCD), etc. In one embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 230 may be a touch panel, a touch display, etc., integrated with the input / output unit 240 described later.

[0047] The input / output unit 240 may include an input device for inputting various operations to the fire brigade member terminal 200, and an output device for outputting the processing results processed by the fire brigade member terminal 200. The input device may be realized by any of all types of devices that can accept input operations from a user and transmit information related to the input to the control unit 210, or a combination thereof. The input device may include, for example, a touch panel, a touch display, a camera, and a microphone. The output device may output the processing results processed by the control unit 210. The output device may include, for example, a touch panel, a speaker, etc.

[0048] (2) Functional configuration of the fire brigade member terminal The fire brigade member terminal 200 may include an acquisition unit 211, a display control unit 212, and a selection reception unit 213 as functions realized by the control unit 210. Note that in FIG. 2, functional units that are not essential to the embodiments described below may not be included. Furthermore, the functions or processes of each functional unit may be realized by machine learning or AI to the extent that it is feasible. Note that some of the various processes described below as being executed by the fire brigade member terminal 200 may be executed by the water management server 100.

[0049] The acquisition unit 211 may acquire various data transmitted from the water utilization management server 100 and the command server 101 via the network 500. For example, the acquisition unit 211 may acquire firefighting water utilization allocation information from the water utilization management server 100.

[0050] The display control unit 212 may control the display of data on the display unit 230. For example, the display control unit 212 may cause the display unit 230 to display the allocation status of fire-fighting water resources based on the allocation information acquired from the water resources management server 100. The display control unit 212 may also cause the display unit 230 to display a screen that accepts the selection of fire-fighting water resources that the fire brigade members plan to use, or to display an input screen for starting and ending the use of the fire-fighting water resources. Examples of the display screen will be described later.

[0051] The selection receiving unit 213 may receive a selection input from a fire brigade member on various input screens displayed on the display unit 230. For example, the selection receiving unit 213 may receive, from the fire brigade member, a selection of a fire water resource that the fire brigade member plans to use.

[0052] <Sequence and display screen example> The functions of the water utilization management server 100 described above will be explained based on a sequence diagram and an example of a display screen of the fire brigade member terminal 200. Fig. 6 may be an example of a sequence between the water utilization management server 100, the fire brigade member terminal 200, and the command server 101 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The fire brigade member terminal 200 in the sequence diagram may be a communication terminal owned by a fire brigade member belonging to a dispatch division. Fig. 7 may be an example of a display screen of the fire brigade member terminal 200 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0053] The command server 101, upon receiving notification of the occurrence of a disaster, may extract the dispatch corps to be dispatched from the disaster occurrence location, and may send a dispatch command to each dispatch corps and the water utilization management server 100 (step S10). The acquisition unit 111 of the water utilization management server 100 may acquire from the command server 101 that a dispatch instruction has been issued (step S11). Then, the allocation unit 112 of the water utilization management server 100 may allocate fire irrigation to be used by each of the multiple dispatch corps based on the dispatch command, the fire brigade information, and the water utilization information (step S12). Then, the allocation information may be sent from the communication unit 120 of the water utilization management server 100 to the fire brigade member terminal 200 (step S13).

[0054] When the fire brigade member terminal 200 acquires the dispatch command (step S14), the fire brigade member may dispatch as soon as preparations for dispatch are completed. The acquisition unit 211 of the fire brigade member terminal 200 may acquire fire water resource allocation information from the water resources management server 100 (step S15). The display control unit 212 of the fire brigade member terminal 200 may cause the display unit 230 to display the fire water resource allocation status in a manner that is visible to the fire brigade member (step S16).

[0055] FIG. 7 may be an example of a display screen of the fire brigade member terminal 200 on which the allocation status of the fire water resource is displayed. In the example of the screen D10, an icon FR indicating the location of the disaster and icons M11, M12, M20, and M30 indicating the fire water resource located in the vicinity may be superimposed on a map. Here, the pin icons M11 and M12 may be fire water resources assigned to the division to which the fire brigade member who owns the fire brigade member terminal 200 belongs. In addition, among the double circle icons indicating fire water resources, a black circle icon may indicate fire water resources that have been assigned to other dispatch divisions, and a white circle icon may indicate fire water resources that have not been assigned. Note that the screen D10 is an example, and any aspect may be used as long as the fire brigade member can recognize the fire water resource assigned to his / her own division and the fire water resource assigned to other divisions. In addition, as shown in the screen D10, multiple fire water resources may be assigned to one fire brigade division.

[0056] When the fire brigade members finish their activities to bring the disaster under control, such as firefighting activities, they may transmit a notice of the end of their activities from the fire brigade members' terminals 200 to the command server 101 (step S17). The command server 101 may transmit a withdrawal instruction to the fire brigade members' terminals 200 of the fire brigade members belonging to each dispatch division and to the water utilization management server 100 (step S18). When the water utilization management server 100 receives the withdrawal instruction (step S19), it may cancel the allocation of fire-fighting water (step S20).

[0057] In this way, according to one embodiment of the present invention, fire water resources may be automatically allocated to the dispatched fire brigade, and information regarding the allocation may be notified to the fire brigade members. Therefore, each fire brigade can immediately secure water resources without the trouble of arriving at the disaster site and searching for fire water resources, and can carry out rapid activities. Also, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the allocation of fire water resources may be automatically released when the fire brigade completes its activities at the site. Therefore, there is no need for the fire brigade members to actively release the allocation, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation where the fire brigade members forget to release the occupancy.

[0058] <Method of allocating firefighting water resources> Next, the allocation of fire water resources by the water resources management server 100 will be described. For example, the allocation unit 112 may allocate fire water resources to multiple dispatched divisions in accordance with the location of occurrence of a disaster and the jurisdictional district of each division included in the fire brigade information, in order of proximity of each jurisdictional district of the dispatched division to the location of occurrence of a disaster. Specifically, the allocation unit 112 may allocate fire water resources closer to the location of occurrence of a disaster in order of proximity of the straight-line distance between the location of occurrence of a disaster and the activity base of each division. This allows the fire brigade that can reach the scene earlier to start activities earlier.

[0059] The allocation unit 112 may allocate fire water resources to the dispatched divisions based on predetermined conditions related to at least one of the type of fire engine owned by each division, the number of fire brigade members, and the activity record of the fire brigade members stored in the fire brigade information table TB10. For example, depending on the type of disaster, it may be difficult to respond with the vehicles owned by the fire brigade, or the dispatch of special vehicles such as chemical vehicles and ladder trucks may be required. In addition, if the number of fire brigade members is small, sufficient firefighting activities may not be expected at the scene. Furthermore, for example, in activities in densely built areas or in areas with a large population, a fire brigade with a high level of experience in firefighting activities may be required. According to one embodiment of the present invention, in consideration of the above-mentioned situation, conditions related to the capabilities required according to the disaster situation are set in advance, and the allocation unit 112 may allocate fire water resources close to the scene to the divisions that meet the conditions. This makes it possible to more quickly resolve the disaster.

[0060] In addition, the allocation unit 112 may select, based on the state of the fire water resource, a fire water resource that is sufficient to end the disaster from among multiple fire water resources located around the disaster occurrence site as a fire water resource to be allocated to the dispatched division. If the fire water resource is, for example, a fire prevention water tank, depending on the amount of water it holds, it may not be possible to end the disaster. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the fire water resource may be allocated taking into consideration the amount of water held by the fire water resource near the site and the impact that may be caused on the water pipe when multiple fire hydrants are used at the same time. The state of the fire water resource may be determined based on data transmitted from IoT devices such as sensors and cameras installed in the fire water resource.

[0061] Furthermore, the allocation unit 112 may allocate fire water resources in the order of predicted arrival of the dispatched divisions at the disaster occurrence location according to the road conditions around the site and the jurisdiction of the fire brigade. Even if the straight-line distance between the site and the activity base of the division is short, arrival at the site may be delayed depending on the width of the road around the site, the presence or absence of construction, the congestion, etc. According to one embodiment of the present invention, when it is predicted that the owned vehicle needs to take a detour due to the narrow width or construction being carried out depending on the road conditions around the site, or that it will take time to reach the site due to congestion, the arrival time at the disaster site may be predicted and fire water resources may be allocated.

[0062] <Other embodiments> In the above, the water resources management server 100 has been described as a mode in which fire water resources are allocated to dispatched brigades in advance. However, the water resources management server 100 may only provide the fire brigade members with the usage status of the fire water resources, and the fire brigade members may reserve the fire water resources that they plan to use. The water resources management server 100 may also provide the fire brigade members with visual information that indicates that the fire water resources have been reserved.

[0063] This will be explained based on a sequence diagram and an example of a display screen of the fire brigade member terminal 200. Fig. 8 may be an example of a sequence between the water utilization management server 100, the fire brigade member terminal 200, and the command server 101 according to another embodiment of the present invention. Note that the fire brigade member terminal 200 in the sequence diagram may be a communication terminal owned by a fire brigade member belonging to a dispatch division. Also, Fig. 9 may be an example of a display screen of the fire brigade member terminal 200 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0064] The command server 101, upon receiving notification of the occurrence of a disaster, may extract the dispatch corps to be dispatched from the disaster location, and may transmit a dispatch command to each dispatch corps and the water utilization management server 100 (step T10). The acquisition unit 111 of the water utilization management server 100 may acquire from the command server 101 that a dispatch command has been issued (step T11). Then, the allocation unit 112 of the water utilization management server 100 may transmit information on available fire-fighting water resources from the communication unit 120 of the water utilization management server 100 to the fire brigade member terminal 200 (step T13).

[0065] When the fire brigade member terminal 200 receives a dispatch command (step T12), the fire brigade member may prepare for dispatch before dispatching. When the display control unit 212 of the fire brigade member terminal 200 receives information on available fire water resources (available water resources information) from the water resources management server 100, the display unit 230 may display the allocation status of the fire water resources in a manner that is visible to the fire brigade member (step T14).

[0066] FIG. 9(a) may be an example of a display screen of the fire brigade member terminal 200 on which the allocation status of the fire water resource is displayed. In the example of the screen D20, an icon FR indicating the location of the disaster and icons M21, M31 indicating the fire water resource located in the vicinity may be superimposed on the map. Here, among the double circle icons indicating the fire water resource, a black circle icon may indicate a fire water resource that is unavailable due to a reservation by another dispatch division, and a white circle icon may indicate a fire water resource that is available. In addition, a message 10 encouraging the reservation of the water resource, such as "Please select the water resource to be used," may be displayed on the screen 20. A fire brigade member can reserve the use of the fire water resource by selecting the white circle icon, and information regarding the selected fire water resource may be transmitted to the water resource management server 100 (step T15).

[0067] When the allocation unit 112 of the water resources management server 100 acquires the selection of the fire water resources to be used by the dispatched division from the fire brigade member terminal 200, it may allocate the selected fire water resources to the dispatched division and update the selected fire water resources to be unselectable in the available water resources information (step T16). The updated available water resources information may be transmitted to the fire brigade member terminals constituting the dispatched division. At this time, the icon of the selected fire water resources may be updated to a black circle in the fire brigade member terminal 200, and the fact that it has been reserved may be displayed in a visually recognizable manner.

[0068] In this way, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the dispatched corps may be provided with information on available firefighting water resources (available water resources information) and may be able to reserve firefighting water resources. In this case, the available water resources information may be updated each time a reservation is made, and the latest information may be provided to the fire brigade members. This contributes to rapid activity at the scene.

[0069] Returning to the sequence diagram of FIG. 8, when the fire brigade member arrives at the scene, he / she may read the identifier of the fire water resource to be used. This may allow the start of use to be transmitted to the water resource management server 100 (step T17). The identifier of the fire water resource may be, for example, a QR code (registered trademark) installed at the fire water resource. Screen D30 in FIG. 9(b) is an example of an identifier reading screen displayed on the display unit 230 of the fire brigade member terminal 200, and by reading it, a transition may be made to screen D31 in FIG. 9(c). In screen D31, for example, the fact that the fire water resource is available for use may be displayed together with information on the fire water resource such as the type of fire water resource and the amount of water held.

[0070] When the fire brigade member finishes the activity, the fire brigade member terminal 200 may read the fire water resource identifier in the same manner as in step T17, and transmit the fact that the activity has finished to the water resource management server 100 (step T18). The subsequent steps T19 to T21 are the same as steps S18 to S20 in Fig. 6, and therefore the explanation is omitted.

[0071] In this way, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the reservation status of the fire water resource may be presented to the fire brigade members in advance, and the fire water resource may be reserved before starting the activity. Therefore, each fire brigade can immediately secure the water resource without the trouble of arriving at the disaster site and searching for the fire water resource, and can carry out the activity quickly.

[0072] Although the present invention has been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that a person skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and corrections based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these modifications and corrections are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, the functions included in each component, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to cause logical contradictions, and multiple components, steps, etc. can be combined into one or divided. In addition, the configurations shown in the above embodiments may be appropriately combined. For example, each component described as being included in the water management server 100 may be realized by being distributed among multiple servers. In addition, each function described as being included in the water management server 100 may be executed by the fire brigade member terminal 200.

[0073] For example, the above-mentioned embodiments may be combined and realized. For example, the water resources management server 100 may allocate a fire water resource in advance, and when a fire brigade member starts to use the fire water resource, the identifier of the fire water resource may be read and transmitted to the water resources management server 100. This makes it possible to reliably grasp the fire water resource that is actually being used.

[0074] The programs of each embodiment of the present disclosure may be provided in a state stored in a storage medium readable by an information processing device. The storage medium can store the programs in a "non-transitory tangible medium." The programs include, for example, software programs and control programs. When each functional unit of the irrigation management server 100 is realized by software, the irrigation management server 100 functions as a control unit 110, an acquisition unit 111, an allocation unit 112, a generation unit 113, and a determination unit 114 by the processor executing the programs loaded on the memory.

[0075] The storage medium may, where appropriate, include one or more semiconductor-based or other integrated circuits (ICs) (e.g., field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), application specific ICs (ASICs), etc.), hard disk drives (HDDs), hybrid hard drives (HHDs), optical disks, optical disk drives (ODDs), magneto-optical disks, magneto-optical drives, floppy diskettes, floppy disk drives (FDDs), magnetic tapes, solid state drives (SSDs), RAM drives, secure digital cards or drives, any other suitable storage media, or any suitable combination of two or more of these. The storage medium may, where appropriate, be volatile, non-volatile, or a combination of volatile and non-volatile.

[0076] In addition, the program of the present disclosure may be provided to the water management server 100 via any transmission medium (such as a communication network or broadcast waves) capable of transmitting the program.

[0077] In addition, each embodiment of the present disclosure may be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which a program is embodied by electronic transmission. The program of the present disclosure may be implemented using, for example, a script language such as JavaScript (registered trademark) or Python, C language, Go language, Swift, Koltin, Java (registered trademark), or the like.

[0078] According to each aspect of the present disclosure described above, by providing an environment in which users can live more safely, it is possible to contribute to the achievement of Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), "Sustainable cities and communities." [Explanation of symbols]

[0079] 100 Water management server (information processing device) 110 Control section 111 Acquisition Department 112 Allocation Section 113 Generation part 114 Update Department 120 Communications Department 170 Storage section 101 Command Server 200 Fire brigade member terminal (communication device) 210 Control section 211 Acquisition Department 212 Display control unit 213 Selection Reception Department 220 Communications Department 230 Display section 240 Input / output section 270 Storage section 400 Database Server 500 Network 600 Support Systems (Information Processing Systems)

Claims

1. A support system for supporting the activities of fire brigades, A storage unit that stores fire brigade information including the jurisdiction of each division that organizes the fire brigade and water resource information including the installation location of fire water resource; An acquisition unit that acquires a dispatch command that is issued when a disaster occurs and includes information on the location of the disaster and which of the divisions should be dispatched to the disaster site; An allocation unit that allocates fire water resources to be used by each of the plurality of dispatched divisions based on the dispatch command, the fire brigade information, and the water resources information; A communication unit that transmits allocation information regarding fire water resources allocated by the allocation unit to communication terminals of fire brigade members constituting the dispatch division, The acquisition unit acquires an evacuation command issued in response to the end of the disaster, The allocation unit cancels the allocation of the fire water supply to the dispatched division in response to the withdrawal command, The allocation unit allocates the fire water resources to the dispatched divisions based on specified conditions related to at least one of the number of fire brigade members in each division and the activity track record of the fire brigade members, which are further stored in the fire brigade information.

2. The support system of claim 1, wherein the allocation unit allocates the fire water resources to the multiple dispatched divisions in order of the proximity of each of the dispatched divisions' jurisdictions to the location where the disaster occurred, based on the location where the disaster occurred and the jurisdictional districts of each division included in the fire brigade information.

3. A support system as described in Claim 1, wherein the activity history of the fire brigade members of each division stored in the fire brigade information relates to the experience of firefighting activities by each division.

4. The acquisition unit further acquires information regarding the state of the fire water supply, The support system according to claim 1, wherein the allocation unit selects, based on the state of the fire water resource, from among a plurality of fire water resources located around the location where the disaster has occurred, a fire water resource sufficient to contain the disaster as the fire water resource to be allocated to the dispatch corps.

5. The acquisition unit further acquires information regarding road conditions around the disaster occurrence location, The support system according to claim 1 , wherein the allocation unit allocates the fire water resource in a predicted order of arrival of the dispatched corps at the disaster occurrence location according to the road conditions and the jurisdictional area of ​​the fire brigade.

6. The support system according to claim 1 , wherein the allocation unit allocates a plurality of the fire water resources to one of the dispatch corps.

7. The communication unit transmits available water resource information regarding fire water resource that is a fire water resource around the disaster occurrence site and can be used by the dispatched division to the communication terminals of the fire brigade members constituting the dispatched division before the allocation unit allocates the fire water resource to the dispatched division, The acquisition unit acquires from the communication terminal a selection of fire water resources to be used by the dispatch unit, The allocation unit allocates the selected fire water resource to the dispatch corps and updates the selected fire water resource in the available water resource information to make it unavailable for selection; The support system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication unit transmits the updated available water resource information to communication terminals of fire brigade members constituting the dispatched unit.

8. A control method for a support system that supports activities of a fire brigade, comprising: An information processing device, A step of acquiring a dispatch command that is issued when a disaster occurs, the dispatch command including information on the location of the disaster and the dispatch divisions that should be dispatched to the scene of the disaster among the divisions that organize the fire brigade; A step of allocating fire water resources to be used by each of the plurality of dispatched divisions based on the dispatch command, fire brigade information including the jurisdiction of each division that organizes the fire brigade, and water resource information including the installation location of fire water resources, which are stored in a predetermined memory unit; A step of transmitting allocation information regarding the fire water supply allocated by the allocating step to communication terminals of the fire brigade members constituting the dispatched division; and a step of acquiring an evacuation command that is issued in response to the end of the disaster. In response to the withdrawal command, canceling the allocation of the fire water resource to the dispatched division; In the allocation step, a support system control method allocates the fire water resources to the dispatched divisions based on specified conditions related to at least one of the number of fire brigade members in each division and the activity track record of the fire brigade members, which are further stored in the fire brigade information.

9. A control program for a support system for supporting activities of a fire brigade, In the information processing device, A function of acquiring a dispatch command including information on the location of the disaster and the dispatch division of each division that organizes the fire brigade to be dispatched to the scene of the disaster, which is issued when a disaster occurs; A function of allocating fire water resources to be used by each of the multiple dispatched divisions based on fire brigade information including the jurisdiction of each division that organizes the fire brigade and water resource information including the location of the fire water resource, which are stored in a predetermined memory unit; A function of transmitting allocation information regarding fire water resources allocated by the allocation function to communication terminals of fire brigade members constituting the dispatched division; A function of acquiring an evacuation command issued in response to the end of the disaster; In response to the withdrawal command, the function of canceling the allocation of the fire water supply to the dispatched division is realized; The allocation function is a control program of a support system that allocates the fire water resources to the dispatched divisions based on specified conditions related to at least one of the number of fire brigade members in each division and the activity track record of the fire brigade members, which are further stored in the fire brigade information.

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