

Firefighters can then see how the fire is progressing on their iPads, and respond appropriately, for example by planning a firebreak, or hosing water. These actions, in turn, are all tracked real time, and reflected within milliseconds back to other devices on the field. When a fire breaks out, and its coordinates are determined, Firebase propagates these coordinates instantly to the iPad devices in the field. At CloudBeat in two weeks , we’ll be demoing how Simtable users Firebase to help firefighters battle a wildfire emergency.įirst, SimTable stores map data in the cloud and locally on devices being carried by firefighters in the field. But SimTable is a good demonstration of how useful Firebase can be in unusual situations. Now that he’s outsourced this to Firebase, he’s able to put that 20 hours back into driving his company’s sales.įirebase can work in various businesses that need real-time capabilities. It took up about 20 hours a week, and is a core part of his technology given that it powers the real-time response capabilities that are the heart of his offering. Before partnering with Firebase, SimTable chief executive Stephen Guerin said he had to build out and manage the backend system for his company’s app on his own.
