Patent ID: 9508243
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: E21B,G08B,G08C

Claim Text:
1. An H2S alarm method responsive to an alarm event characterized by an alarming level of H2S at a worksite that is remote relative to a home base, remote relative to a person-A and remote relative to a person-B, the H2S alarm method comprising: an H2S monitor sensing the alarming level of H2S at the worksite; assigning an alarm timestamp to the alarm event; assigning an alarm title to the alarm event; the H2S monitor generating an alarm signal as a consequence of sensing the alarming level of H2S at the worksite; wirelessly transmitting the alarm signal to the person-A and to the person-B, wherein one of the person-A and the person-B is a first-to-respond person; the first-to-respond person responding to the alarm signal; assigning a response timestamp to the first-to-respond person, the response timestamp identifying a time-of-day at which the first-to-respond person responded to the alarm signal; and a computer system generating a report documenting the alarm event, the alarm title, a response time, and a person-identifier identifying the first-to-respond person, wherein the response time is at least one of the following: (a) a difference between the alarm timestamp and the response timestamp, and (b) a display of both the alarm timestamp and the response timestamp.