to announce the arrival of its much anticipated iPhone application in the Apple App
Store. The FireDepartment.org iPhone application is the first of its kind and defines a new category of iPhone functionality. By providing a virtual window into the District’s 9-1-1 dispatch center, iPhone users now have real-time access to emergency activity occurring in the community. The application also provides the District with a powerful new avenue to communicate with its mobile population during a disaster. Don’t live in the San Ramon Valley? You’ll still find listening to the live actions of our dispatchers, firefighters and paramedics informative and interesting.
Application users are able to view active incidents - including the current response status of dispatched units (enroute, onscene, etc.) and instantly pinpoint incident locations on an interactive map. Think that fire engine or ambulance that just passed might be heading to your house? Is there an accident up ahead causing this traffic tie-up? Just tap the application to quickly retrieve real-time information. A log of recent incidents and a photo gallery of significant events can also be easily accessed.
The FireDepartment.org application also allows residents and other interested parties to
choose to be notified of incidents by category as they are dispatched. Users can even
listen in on live emergency radio traffic via the modern version of the traditional fire
scanner – their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch device. The District also uses the application
to communicate with its more than 700 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
members and to share information during disasters with all its citizens.
“Using the iPhone and iPad for field-based command and control operations holds great
promise for emergency service providers,” said Richard Price, Fire Chief for the San
Ramon Valley Fire Protection District. “This consumer version of our development effort
demonstrates the game-changing nature of these revolutionary handheld devices.”
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