Wearable Altering Tactile Cues for Hazard Response

First responders to hazardous material (HAZMAT) incidents face many safety risks daily, such as exposure to hazardous chemicals and toxic gases, which can be difficult to detect. Despite significant recent developments in sensing and wearable technology, no currently available product combines the user need for reliable, sensitive, multichemical detection with an affordable and easy-to-use alerting and communication system. Triton Systems will design, fabricate, and demonstrate an integrated sensing and alerting system focused on providing critical alerts to first responders. Triton's body worn product is reliable, easily interpreted, low profile, and ruggedized for dynamic emergency environments. Launderable components encourage affordable daily use, lowering barriers to adoption. Triton's solution will empower first responders with advanced sensor and wearable electronics integration technologies to inform rapid decision-making and increase safety.