You are a fire chief in Boston. You receive a call indicating a fire is in progress at (some library or museum). You download datasets associated with the building, along with sensor information from the fire. Using the building blueprints, you can pinpoint the origin and current state of the fire. This information is then used in a database of fire simulations for the building to locate simulations that best match the fire taking place. You view the most likely futures for the fire, examining several fire parameters (temperature, smokiness, time until full room involvement) and start developing a strategy for suppressing the fire. As you drive towards the scene, new sensor information is downloading and updating the predictions. You decide to modify your strategy based on the new predictions. You relay your instructions to the fire fighters who have just arrived at the fire.......

After the fire has been suppressed, you enter information regarding the strategies used for fighting the fires - what was successful and what was not. In the future, this information will be used to form an expert system for selecting appropriate strategies, to be used for this and similarly configured buildings. You eagerly anticipate this new addition to smart building technology.