Read the house first.
Before anyone goes in, Vantage reads every room from outside.
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
Drag across the hallway. Left is what your crew sees. Right is what Vantage reads.
On scene
Engine company
Primary search starts where someone is, not where the hallway leads.
Truck and ladder
Throw ladders to the rooms that show someone inside.
EMS
How many patients to expect, and who is still breathing.
Incident command
Assignments follow the evidence, and all of it is on the record.
A search, minute by minute
Before anyone goes in, Vantage reads every room from outside.
Occupied, clear, low or no read. Unknown is never shown as clear.
Rooms are ranked. The still occupant goes first. The collapsed garage is searched by hand.
Bedroom 2 is breathing at 12 a minute. Go in expecting a live patient.
Every reading is time-stamped and sealed for command and the after-action review.
How records are sealed →Where it helps
Vantage is designed for structures that are standing but unsafe, full of smoke, or hiding people who cannot answer.
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.
Active collapse and heavy movement nearby lower confidence. When they do, Vantage says so.
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.
Dense concrete, steel and deep debris return no read. Those areas stay on your search plan.
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.
Below-grade rooms and flooded spaces may not resolve. They are reported as no read.
A person down behind a locked door. Know whether someone is there, and whether they are breathing, before forcing entry.
Large pets can read as occupants. Treat every reading as a lead, not a conclusion.
Four answers. No guesses.
Every room lands in one of four states. Each one tells a crew what to do next.
Someone is there, with high confidence.
Search here firstProbably someone, but the evidence is weak.
Treat as occupiedNo one detected, with high confidence.
Lower priority, still searchedVantage cannot see into this room.
Search by handGovernance at the speed of rescue
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.
Questions from rescue teams
No. Vantage helps decide where to search first. Crews still search every room, and a room Vantage cannot read is always searched by hand.
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.
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.
No. Vantage reports presence, movement, breathing and a count. It never identifies anyone, and it does not capture images or audio.
Large animals can read as occupants. Treat each reading as a lead that directs the search, not a conclusion that ends it.
Yes. Training sessions run on your own facilities under a training basis and are kept separate from operational records.
Vantage · for rescue
Pilot programs are open to fire departments, urban search and rescue teams and emergency management agencies.