Safe Community Awareness and Alerting Network (SCALE)

Safe Community Awareness and Alerting Network (SCALE)
SCALE
Team Organizations	IoT Dev Labs Victory Housing University of Maryland Baltimore County University of Arkansas Senseware Sigfox N5 Sensors UC-Irvine UT Dallas
Team Leaders	Dennis Linders Dan Hoffman
Participating Municipalities	Montgomery County MD Gainesville FL
Status	Implemented
Document	None

Description

• Connect homes to detect emergency events and alert residents via phone or app, and initiate contacting first responders
• Demonstrate how to extend a connected safe home to everyone at a low-incremental cost
• Focus on seniors, their care givers, and property managers

Challenges

• Creating a standard process for collecting and storing data from various sensors operating on different platforms
• Piloting new applications of existing technology
• Scaling the project beyond the pilot stage across the County
• Collaborating with service providers to maximize opportunities for seniors to connect with services via

Major Requirements

• Collaborate with seniors and experts on seniors and aging and emergency management to identify potential needs of seniors living independently
• Engage #IoT experts to develop #IoT solutions to address the needs of seniors living independently
• Pilot #IoT solutions in the apartments of seniors living independently
• Measure ongoing success of the program and adapt program as necessary

Performance Targets

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)	Measurement Methods
Reduced number of senior deaths from in home accidents	Mortality statistics from the state

Standards, Replicability, Scalability, and Sustainability

• Our project uses established Machine-to-Machine communications standards (MQTT) to provide real-time data to data consumers
• Actuators and Dashboards can subscribe to data streams from any data producer
• Most of the components of the sensing habitat are composed of open-source software and off-the-shelf hardware, allowing ready replicability
• The data habitat is based on a MQTT transmission protocol, with consumers subscribing only to relevant feeds, promoting scalability

Impacts

• Help aging households in Montgomery County live independently more confidently
• Connect vulnerable residents in the County to critical services more efficiently
• Prevent deaths from common accidents among seniors (e.g., fall cannot get up, unnoticed gas leak)

Demonstration/Deployment

• Phase I Pilot/Demonstration:

1. Network infrastructure developed
2. Sensors deployed in volunteer resident homes

• Phase II Deployment:

1. Continue developing new sensors to pilot