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Group 1 6 Members:
Jessy Baker, Jesse Bauman, Dan Hooks, Elaine Lai, Eli Leland

ORPHEUS: The state-of-the-art in fire preparedness
Your building's occupants deserve the best possible protection in the event of a fire. ORPHEUS represents the leading-edge of fire preparedness technology. In the event of a fire, ORPHEUS pinpoints the precise locations of all building occupants and directs firefighters arriving on-scene to the positions of those people unable to escape on their own. By slashing precious minutes from the time firefighters spend looking for individuals stranded inside a burning building, ORPHEUS will dramatically increase
fire-survivability for your building's occupants.

ORPHEUS interfaces with your building's fire alarm system, only activating once a smoke detector or fire alarm pull box sounds the building's fire alarm. Once activated, ORPHEUS uses a network of computerized sensors placed strategically throughout the building to locate any remaining occupants. Each of your building's occupants carries a small, lightweight transmitting device (currently about the size of a small pager) which
communicates his or her location to the ORPHEUS sensor network in the event of a fire. As firefighters arrive at the scene, ORPHEUS provides them with a continuously-updated stream of information pinpointing the locations of anyone remaining inside, greatly facilitating their timely rescue.

Isn't it time you installed ORPHEUS in your building?

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