Atlas City Project

Here is the scenario I imagine.

Considering the A.I. which would be built into each building, they could be used to bring aid and awareness to an emergency situation.

Take for example a particular building catches on fire. This A.I. would recognize the intense heat, carbon monoxide, and smoke, and send out an emergency message to the central city A.I.

This would then alert the proper personnel to manage the situation.
This not only automates the activation of emergency services, but it also is a fail safe for human error. no longer will a person need to be at home or at the office to notice and call in a fire.

Other emergencies could be detected and called in as well.

That would be great as long as we have the people with the know-how to create such an idea, I'd say go for it.

Sensors for heat and carbon monixide detection are relatively cheap OR simple to make and can be outfitted throughout the city easily enough. I guess we can also use a personal device (similar to Life Alert) for other health concerns.

Having fire suppression systems would be necessary, in my opinion. As far as a fully automated system goes, that will be tough. Being a firefighter/EMT, I cannot tell you on how many "false alarms" I respond to due to sensors either reading wrong, or human error due to not keeping vents/doors open when such fumes (Carbon Monoxide) are introduced into the atmosphere.

That being said, there are many fire suppression systems that are utilized today. Whether they be from heat or chemical to even light triggered (some actually have LASERs in them which can decipher chemicals in the air which then triggers the fire suppression systems). The main issue with fire suppression systems is upkeep. It takes a lot of man-hours to ensure that they are correctly maintained, whether they be the water pipes (or halon for water-sensitive equipment), to the sensors, to the release valves, etc.

I've written a little post in the "Emergency Responders" topic of the "Emergency Response" section about staffing and a place where the personnel respond from. It would be a good idea to have most, if not all firefighters not only trained in fire attack, but in inspection and maintenance of the community's fire suppression/detection system. That way, there can actually be a fully staffed apparatus going throughout the city doing its inspection of the system and being able to immediately respond to any emergencies in the immediate area.

I'm sure I'll come up with more, but the spaghetti is smelling good right now. haha. Cheers!!

What type of maintenance should be planned for with these suppression systems? I can't say I've ever seen someone work on a water suppression system so I always assumed they were relatively stable.

The residential buildings are mostly concrete and glass which lessens the fire issue a bit. I imagine all citizens will also have automated mobile alerts to warn them if there is an alarm going off. If they are home (or someone else is) they could shut off the alarm and tell the central control it's not an emergency. This is how many home alarm systems worked when I installed them, and it helps false alarms greatly.