Abstract: An instrumented emergency response tool system and method for wirelessly communicating emergency response condition and location information to a team of emergency responders. An emergency response tool utilized by an emergency responder can be integrated with one or more sensors to detect at least one parameter with respect to an emergency response situation or hazardous environment. The data associated with the sensing parameter can be transferred to an emergency responder radio communication device via a wireless communication medium such as, for example, Bluetooth communication technology. A signal representative of the transferred data from the radio communication device can be transmitted to a base station as radio signals. The radio communication device can be integrated with emergency responder gear to enable location and health monitoring and to provide useful information to the team of emergency responders.