You do realize Pulse Point it not to alert you to Fires. The intended purpose of Pulse Point is to alert a citizen to someone needing CPR within a distance from their phone. Pulse Point was taken down last night for CAD upgrades. They can "take" all the criticism but like I said above thats not its indented propose and never will be.
Where adopted, PulsePoint Respond empowers everyday citizens to provide life‐saving assistance to victims of sudden cardiac arrest.
[App users who have indicated they are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and willing to assist in case of an emergency can be notified if someone nearby is having a cardiac emergency and may require CPR.
You do realize that prefacing a sentence with the phrase "you do realize" is insulting. It indicates that you do think that the person you are addressing is an ignorant fool and that it is your duty, as a person of superior intellect, to educate them.
I am well aware of the purpose of Pulse Point. I am trained in CPR and at one time was an EMT. I am not just trained in CPR, I've actually done it as a reserve member of the fire department. Regrettably, no one in my immediate vicinity has had a cardiac arrest lately. Very remiss of them.
My comments re: fire alerting stems from the fact that Santa Barbara County has flailed when it comes to issuing evacuation orders in recent incidents. Therefore, this feature of Pulse Point is quite valuable. As I am involved in providing emergency communications and work closely with the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management it is vital that I know of major incidents as soon as possible.
Last, the failure of Pulse Point certainly frustrates its purpose in alerting trained people to cardiac emergencies as well as notifying people of other types of incidents. Who knows, my neighbor could have set his house on fire as a result of a cardiac arrest.
Pulse Point can send messages to its users. A message could have been sent regarding planned maintenance which would have saved everyone some trouble.
