Patent ID: 7891435

Claim:
Apparatus for remote inspection of emergency equipment in installed positions at one or a system of emergency equipment stations, said apparatus comprising: a detector located at a first emergency equipment station for detection of the presence of an obstruction to viewing of or access to the first emergency equipment station, wherein the detector includes a sonar module; a defibrillator station with a portable defibrillator located at the first emergency equipment station; a fire extinguisher station with a portable fire extinguisher located at the first emergency equipment station, wherein the portable fire extinguisher includes a fire extinguisher gauge for detecting and displaying pressure conditions of fire extinguishing material contained within a volume of a tank included in the portable fire extinguisher; and an electronic circuit in communication between the detector and a remote central station for issue of a signal to the remote central station upon detection of one or more selectable predetermined conditions including predetermined internal conditions and predetermined external conditions, wherein the predetermined external conditions include removal of the portable fire extinguisher, and wherein the communication between the detector and the remote central station includes a second emergency equipment station in the system of emergency equipment stations configured to pass signals between at least the first emergency equipment station and the remote central station.