Integrated Safety Systems

The Solution

Understand airborne contaminant levels in the context of what is actually happening underground—not simply as a reading from an environmental sensor. This is particularly relevant to diesel particulate matter (DPM), respirable dust and other contaminants associated with tunnelling activities. Australian tunnelling guidance identifies diesel emissions and airborne contaminants as important underground hazards and enforces monitoring, ventilation and traffic controls.

How It Works

Atlas combines fixed and mobile dust/DPM monitoring with personnel location, vehicle activity and ventilation data. When concentrations increase, teams can see where the issue is occurring, which personnel may be exposed, what vehicle activity may be contributing and whether ventilation conditions are adequate.

This creates the operational context to respond—adjust ventilation, investigate contributing plant or activity, restrict exposure, or relocate personnel where required.

The Solution

Gas readings become significantly more valuable when connected with personnel location and the systems capable of controlling or responding to the hazard. Air contamination, oxygen depletion, fire and explosion are recognised tunnelling hazards.

How It Works

Atlas integrates fixed or personal gas detection, personnel tracking, ventilation systems and fire alarm events into a common operational picture.

When hazardous conditions are detected, teams can immediately understand:

What has been detected → Where it is occurring → Who is potentially exposed → What ventilation is operating → Whether associated fire or safety alarms have activated.

Alerts and workflows can then support the appropriate site response.

The Solution

Ventilation requirements change as personnel, vehicles and work activities move through an underground operation. Rather than treating ventilation as a static system, iottag provides the operational inputs needed to understand demand dynamically.

How It Works

Atlas combines personnel location, vehicle activity and ventilation-system data to provide a live view of occupancy and activity across ventilation zones.

This can support ventilation-on-demand strategies where airflow requirements respond to actual personnel and equipment activity rather than operating every area at maximum demand continuously. Mine ventilation-on-demand systems commonly use personnel and vehicle location/status as inputs to airflow control, with reducing ventilation costs among their key objectives.

The Solution

During an underground emergency, the priority changes immediately from normal operations to accountability and coordinated evacuation. Effective emergency planning for tunnelling includes evacuation procedures and effective communication, while fire, unsafe atmospheres and ventilation failure can all trigger evacuation.

How It Works

Atlas connects real-time personnel location with radio/communications systems, fire alarms and access-control data.

When an evacuation is initiated, control teams gain a live picture of:

• Who is underground.
• Their last/current known location.
• Who is moving toward designated safe areas.
• Who has reached muster.
• Who remains unaccounted for.

iottag already supports real-time personnel tracking and movement to designated muster points, providing a strong foundation for this integrated workflow.

The Solution

Underground compliance involves far more than checking whether a worker has completed an induction. Personnel, vehicles, plant and equipment can each carry different requirements involving access permissions, permits, competency, inspections and maintenance.

The challenge is ensuring all of those requirements remain aligned as the operation changes.

How It Works

Atlas connects personnel, vehicles, assets, access control, permits and service/maintenance records into a common compliance layer.

Before a person, vehicle or asset enters a controlled area, the system can verify the relevant conditions—for example:

Person authorised? → Permit valid? → Vehicle compliant? → Asset inspection current? → Maintenance current? → Access permitted.

Exceptions can be identified before they become operational issues, while records provide greater visibility for supervisors, safety teams and audits. iottag already supports access permissions, certifications, compliance tracking, maintenance records and automated personnel check-in/out.

The Solution

A fire underground can quickly become a multi-system event involving people, vehicles, equipment, atmospheric conditions, ventilation and evacuation.

An alarm tells you that something has happened.

Integrated intelligence helps teams understand what is happening around it.

How It Works

Atlas brings together fire alarm events, personnel and vehicle location, asset information, gas/environmental sensors and CCTV integrations to create a live operational picture around the event.

When a fire alarm activates, teams can rapidly establish:

Where is the alarm? → Who is nearby? → What vehicles/assets are present? → Are gas or environmental conditions changing? → What can CCTV confirm? → Who needs to be evacuated?

This is particularly relevant underground, where fire, explosion and unsafe atmospheres are recognised major hazards and confirmed or suspected underground fires are identified in Australian tunnelling guidance as evacuation triggers.