Search and rescue

Find the ones who cannot call for help.

Vantage reads a burning or damaged building room by room, so every crew knows exactly where to go first.

The problem

They cannot call out. Vantage shows you which room to search first.

Structure fire

See through the smoke.

Drag across the hallway. Left is what your crew sees. Right is what Vantage reads.

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On scene

One read. Every crew knows its job.

Engine company

Search the occupied rooms first.

Primary search starts where someone is, not where the hallway leads.

Truck and ladder

Ladder the right window.

Throw ladders to the rooms that show someone inside.

EMS

Know who is coming out.

How many patients to expect, and who is still breathing.

Incident command

Every room on one screen.

Assignments follow the evidence, and all of it is on the record.

A search, minute by minute

Where to search, in order.

00:00 · Arrive

Read the house first.

Before anyone goes in, Vantage reads every room from outside.

00:02 · First read

Every room gets a state.

Occupied, clear, low or no read. Unknown is never shown as clear.

00:04 · Prioritize

Search bedroom 2 first.

Rooms are ranked. The still occupant goes first. The collapsed garage is searched by hand.

00:06 · Vitals

Still, but breathing.

Bedroom 2 is breathing at 12 a minute. Go in expecting a live patient.

00:14 · Hand-off

Command gets the record.

Every reading is time-stamped and sealed for command and the after-action review.

How records are sealed →

Where it helps

Built for the calls that decide a search.

Vantage is designed for structures that are standing but unsafe, full of smoke, or hiding people who cannot answer.

Structure fire

Smoke and darkness do not block a reading. Know which rooms show someone breathing before the primary search reaches them, and send crews there first.

  • Room states for the whole floor, not only the room you are in
  • Breathing on occupants who cannot move, when conditions allow
  • Updates as crews work through the structure
What limits it

Active collapse and heavy movement nearby lower confidence. When they do, Vantage says so.

Partial collapse

After an earthquake, gas explosion or structural failure, find voids where someone may still be breathing, and see exactly which parts of the structure Vantage cannot read.

  • Room-level presence in damaged wood-frame and light masonry buildings
  • A still occupant told apart from empty space, when conditions allow
  • Dense sections marked no read, never clear
What limits it

Dense concrete, steel and deep debris return no read. Those areas stay on your search plan.

Tornadoes and hurricanes

After a storm, people shelter in closets, bathrooms and interior hallways. Vantage helps crews sweep a damaged street faster by finding the rooms that are occupied.

  • Interior rooms read first
  • Counts shown as honest ranges
  • Every structure logged for the after-action record
What limits it

Below-grade rooms and flooded spaces may not resolve. They are reported as no read.

Welfare checks

A person down behind a locked door. Know whether someone is there, and whether they are breathing, before forcing entry.

  • Presence and breathing through interior walls and doors
  • Opened under an emergency basis when someone may need immediate aid, and reviewed afterward
  • A sealed record of what was read, and when
What limits it

Large pets can read as occupants. Treat every reading as a lead, not a conclusion.

Four answers. No guesses.

A no read is never a clear.

Every room lands in one of four states. Each one tells a crew what to do next.

Occupied

Someone is there, with high confidence.

Search here first
Low confidence

Probably someone, but the evidence is weak.

Treat as occupied
Confirmed empty

No one detected, with high confidence.

Lower priority, still searched
No read

Vantage cannot see into this room.

Search by hand

Governance at the speed of rescue

Fast to open. Still on the record.

Rescue cannot wait for paperwork. An emergency session opens in moments with the incident commander named. The record is sealed when the session closes and reviewed by a supervisor afterward.

How sessions are authorized →

Session 14-AEmergency basis
14:02:05Z basis EMERGENCY · life safety RECORDED
14:02:06Z incident commander BATT-4 named
14:02:09Z session opened · team 2
14:04:31Z bedroom_2 · 1 still conf 0.71
14:04:31Z garage NO READ
14:16:02Z session closed · 1,330 readings SEALED
14:52:40Z supervisor review COMPLETE

Questions from rescue teams

What crews ask first.

Does Vantage replace a primary search?

No. Vantage helps decide where to search first. Crews still search every room, and a room Vantage cannot read is always searched by hand.

Can it read through concrete and rubble?

Dense concrete, steel and deep debris usually return a no read. Vantage tells you that directly instead of guessing, so those areas stay on the search plan.

How quickly does it give a first reading?

Readings refresh continuously while a session is open. Setup time and time to first reading are measured with each department during a pilot, in your buildings, and reported to you in full.

Will it tell us who is inside?

No. Vantage reports presence, movement, breathing and a count. It never identifies anyone, and it does not capture images or audio.

What about pets?

Large animals can read as occupants. Treat each reading as a lead that directs the search, not a conclusion that ends it.

Can we train with it?

Yes. Training sessions run on your own facilities under a training basis and are kept separate from operational records.

Bedroom 2 · breathing Garage · no read Living · 1 · 88% Kitchen · clear
Vantage · for rescue

Bring Vantage to your next training evolution.

Pilot programs are open to fire departments, urban search and rescue teams and emergency management agencies.