How Electronic Detection Can Save Buried And Drowning People

Possibilities of human fatalities in such situations as earthquakes, floods and collapse of infrastructure, among others, has inspired many recent technological advancements in the expanding field of human safety

Frequent natural calamities such as avalanches, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and floods, along with the menace of low-quality materials in infrastructure development are always leading to untimely collapse of flyovers, bridges, roads and buildings, resulting in causalities. Similarly, there are numerous reasons for drowning also, like excessive rainfall, unwarranted release of water from dams, accidents in water bodies or, more concerningly, suicide attempts.

In all these mentioned reasons, life of people is always under threat. Although, search and rescue operations/missions are immediately set out to find the victims trapped underneath the wreckage, during these missions, time is critical, and the ability to quickly detect living victims greatly increases the chances of their rescue and survival.

Society, relatives and the administration will no doubt whole-heartedly try to save people’s lives in such situations. Recovery of buried and underwater drowned human bodies is one of the major missions of rescuers. Men and machines work together to rescue such people at the earliest. However, due to shortage of manpower, lack of training and professional equipment, body recovery missions become difficult. Resources or techniques available to find people under heaps of debris or in a huge water body are generally not smart or capable enough to locate people in the shortest time possible.

The possibility of human fatalities has inspired many recent technological advancements in the expanding field of human safety. In an industry that has long relied on trained dogs and/or human trainers/lifeguards, products like electronic surveillance and sensing/detection in every imaginable form are making their debut on the market, all with the unifying goal of rescuing the victims at the earliest.