Patent ID: 8723666

Claim:
A building having an information facility for use in an emergency and for enabling emergency services to obtain information on the building likely to be necessary for use in tackling the emergency, and the building being such that: (i) the information on the building is accessed via an information container; (ii) the information container is on an outside part of the building; (iii) the information container comprises a body, a door for closing the body, and control means for accessing the information on the building; (iv) the information on the building is stored in memory means; (v) the control means electronically accesses the information in the memory means; (vi) the information container includes at least one detachable electronic device for being taken into the building by a person tackling the emergency, (vii) the detachable electronic device comprises an inertial navigation system and at least some of the information on the building, whereby the person tackling the emergency and using the detachable electronic device is able to find their way around the building; (viii) the detachable electronic device enables the person tackling the, emergency to be able to stay in two-way contact with the information container and also with other detachable electronic devices if more than one of the detachable electronic devices is in the formation container; and (ix) the inertial navigation system utilizes a radio frequency identification device and/or Wi-Fi, whereby the person tackling the emergency is able to be tracked by another person outside the building.