Firefighter and glasses

An American creates apps for Google Glass to make life easier for firefighters.

In his spare time, a North Carolina firefighter creates Google Glass apps to speed up emergency response efforts. This was reported by The Verge .

While Google Glass smart glasses remain mostly a toy for enthusiasts, Patrick Johnson from Rocky Mount is trying to find really serious use for them. He creates highly specialized applications for the device that should facilitate the work of emergency services and save more than one human life.

Patrick has already released two programs for smart glasses. One of them redirects emergency calls to Google Glass, where the user can view the victim’s address, a map, notes from the 911 service, and also receive detailed instructions on how to get to the right place. The second app, called Find Hydrant, helps you quickly locate a fire hydrant near the scene of an incident.

In addition to these programs, Patrick is working on two more. One should provide firefighters with drawings of buildings, floor plans and emergency exit locations, and the second should provide diagrams of vehicles in order to extract victims from them as quickly as possible.

Jackson dreamed of using Google Glass in his work almost from their announcement. He even took part in the #IfIHadGlass competition, where he wrote about what he was going to do with them in a short essay. Jackson started writing apps for Google Glass before he could get his hands on one. As The Verge notes, in the future it could revolutionize the extremely conservative business of extinguishing fires.

If only I wouldn't burn out at work,
Vadim Elistratov,
TJournal

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