Integrating BIM and IoT Technologies in Innovative Fire Management Systems

In emergency situations, such as building fires, the rescue team must quickly undertake the most appropriate intervention strategy aimed at preventing loss of human life. Emerging hardware and software technologies such as sensors, embedded systems, drones, lidar, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence and Building Information Modeling tools, offer exceptional opportunities in this context. In particular, the attempt to combine and integrate the Internet of Things technologies with Building Information Modeling tools is very interesting in the context of future smart cities. In this paper, a potential integration proposal between Building Information Modeling tools and Internet of Things technologies for fire prevention and emergency management has been presented. The architecture system has been described and a simple functional validation of the proposed system has been carried out. Finally, a discussion about the advantages of this integration for the creation of innovative systems for fire safety in buildings has been tackled.