Electrical and Electronics Engineering: An International Journal (ELELIJ) Vol 4, No 1, February 2015 DOI : 10.14810/elelij.2015.4102 13 DESIGNING AN INFRASTRUCTURE BY RFID BASED HYBRID TECHNOLOGY SMART WRISTBAND (HTSW) TO ENHANCE THE QUICK RESCUE OPERATION IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT Md. Kamruzzaman 1* , Md. Shariful Islam 1** , Md Zakaria Haider 2 , Asiful Habib 3 1 Institute of Information Technology(IIT), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh *mkzamanmitdu@gmail.com **shariful.islam@gmail.com 2 Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(BUET), Bangladesh zakariahaider14@gmail.com 3 Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology(DUET), Gazipur, Bangladesh asifhimu@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Rescue operation plan playing a vital rule to saving maximum number of life in the time of natural or man- made accident in Industry. Because of high density of labour in industry, possible fatality is increasing day by day. Around 11,000 workers die each year in industrial accidents in Bangladesh. In the last few years, the fastest growing industry of Bangladesh, garments sector has witnessed many industrial accidents specially factory fires and building collapse where many people died and wounded. However, fire service and civil defence has no modern technology to face this kind of big disaster in industry. This paper, firstly discuss about recent industrial disaster in Bangladesh specially garments sector and try to find out the obstacles of quick rescue operation after a disaster occurs. It is important to know how many people are present in a damaged building or structure that needs to evacuate. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is a wireless Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) technology and could be use in the immediate or aftermath of major disasters. This paper proposed, an infrastructure and a wristband model named “Hybrid Technology Smart Wristband (HTSW)” where RFID, RF-transceiver, Micro- controller and health sense technologies are integrated. In normal condition, HTSW will help the employee management system and in disaster situation, it will enhance the quick rescue operation by identifying the approximate location of dead and live injured person, making plan for transferring injured and trapped victims. In the time of regular and disaster situation, the operation procedures of proposed HTSW infrastructure have explained here. KEYWORDS RFID, RF-transceiver, Rescue Operation, Disaster Management, Bangladesh Garments Sector, Hybrid Technology Smart Wristband (HTSW) 1. INTRODUCTION Industries are the backbone of a country’s economy. According to International Labour Organization (ILO) around 11,000 workers die each year in industrial accidents in Bangladesh, [1]. Garments are the biggest industry in Bangladesh. An analysis shows that, around 17% of the country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Products) contributed by Garments industry [2] and apparel