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Gas leak at 1207 N High St.
You can install an app called PulsePoint to your phone. It's primary purpose is to alert CPR certified individuals to nearby situations where they can help, but it also shows current and past runs for CFD. Google Play link, Apple Store link. I am certified and have been notified twice through the app, but EMS was already on scene both times I went to help.
The City's PulsePoint feed reports that there was a "medical emergency" around that general location at 7:30pm-ish today, so they might have been responding to that call.
I assume they mean PulsePoint Respond: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment&hl=en_US&gl=US
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment
Pulse point has most of the AEDs listed in the USA. We were told to download it after being advance CPR certified for EMT school. It's a very handy app with live 911 integration so you can see transfers, car wrecks and various other emergency calls with a map of locations.
It was free and it should use your device location for the information it reports. I'm on Android so this is the app I used.
This is the app for people interested. I don't have an iPhone so I can only vouch for the android app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment&hl=en_US&gl=US
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Sign up for the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue alerts
To add to this, download PulsePoint for Android or iOS. If your local 911 dispatch center subscribes with them and you are near someone who needs CPR, a notification is sent to your phone so you can (hopefully) get there before fire/ems and begin giving livesaving CPR or AED treatment while they wait for help to arrive. You could save a life.
They have this in select departments in the United States. The app is called 'PulsePoint' and it ties in directly with the dispatch center. The general public, who are able to assist in a cardiac emergency are altered based on proximity to the event via GPS.
The plusses are you can help someone and possibly save a life, there is also a built in scanner app and a map of public AED's in the dispatch area you select. The cons are a lot of nosy people use it to find out what's going on and can clutter big scenes. The app requires your GPS location and will check it very frequently. Also this software is extremely expensive to license (~$6k yearly) in my town of ~22k. Dispatch has dropped it and the first responders use something different now.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment
This is it for other people :).
PulsePoint. If you are on Android or Apple it's here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pulsepoint-respond/id500772134
You do not need to sign up to volunteer to do CPR, you can untick those options. There is instructions and advice in the settings.
Also CalTopo is a good app that's mobile friendly to follow wildfires.
In the map layer settings there's tick boxes for fires, weather etc etc.
Website:
And on Google Play for Android and Apple:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.caltopo.android&hl=en_US&gl=US
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/caltopo/id1460038458
(edit, a typo)
This app shows what the emergency calls are for, in case you're ever wondering. Really helpful.
App which shows the current fire department events - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment&hl=en&gl=US
/u/Kubatcha,
A free smartphone application called Pulsepoint Respond:
...created and marketed to alert and empower citizen CPR, has the collateral function of listing other (but sometimes not all) emergency responses for dozens of Fire Departments in North America.
The LAFD is a Pulsepoint client. Until a formal announcement and media event planned for late winter/early spring, the application is functional for our agency during a soft roll-out period, as we fine tune our interface.
You can learn more and download the application...
For IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pulsepoint/id500772134?mt=8
For Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment
We hope this information helps. You can anticipate more information soon in /r/LAFD.
Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service,
Brian Humphrey Firefighter/Specialist Public Service Officer Los Angeles Fire Department
The Pulse Point app is good to have and available from Google Play or Apple. In the top right hand corner (on Android app) there is a scanner audio icon. You don't have to be paged to do CPR or anything, you can untick those boxes in settings. Also it it's just fine not to have location services on if you don't want to (although if you have the CPR options selected you probably need to have that up.)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pulsepoint-respond/id500772134
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment
There's also a website with scanner.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.firedepartment (it may be also available for iOS)
And for those using Android: PulsePoint