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Internet of Things and Digital Twin in Fire Safety Management

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IoT and Digital Twin are emerging cutting-edge technologies in the building and construction industry. There is a considerable amount of research has been conducted on the applications of IoT in building fire safety. However, the research and applications of Digital Twin in building fire safety are quite limited, and its definition and scope are not well-defined. This chapter first clarifies the concepts of IoT and digital twin and highlights their unique features in fire safety and firefighting. Then, it systematically reviews the studies related to Digital Twin in fire safety, including those that do not contain the keyword of “digital twin” but meet its definition. Afterwards, the framework of Fire Digital Twin is proposed, and some case studies are presented to facilitate future research and development. The enabling technologies and tools for the fire digital twin will also be introduced and discussed. Finally, we discuss the main challenges and future research areas in fire digital twin.

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This work is funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council Theme-based Research Scheme (T22-505/19-N) and MTR Research Fund (PTU-23005).

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Zhang, X., Zhang, T., Ding, Y., Huang, X. (2024). Internet of Things and Digital Twin in Fire Safety Management. In: Huang, X., Tam, W.C. (eds) Intelligent Building Fire Safety and Smart Firefighting. Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48161-1_14

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