Pulsepoint coverage in NC

[PKnight56]

Hello all! I just realized no one's posted about PulsePoint on this forum and it may be common knowledge, but it is slowly being rolled out in agencies across the state.

Wake county recently implemented it a few months ago and it is a game-changer!

If you don't know what pulse point is, it is a location-based, hands-on CPR notification App for IOS/Android that notifies users of nearby cardiac arrest incidents. Their goal is to notify those trained in CPR of an arrest nearby to decrease the time it takes for CPR to begin.

While this is its primary feature, it will also tell you the fire/ems calls in the service area, not only cardiac arrests. It's like a condensed version of all the county's incidents in one location, sometimes you'll get a notification on your phone 30-60 seconds before the call is dispatched. You can set up notifications for major incidents as well. I speak for myself but this app is a must-have if you are a scanner user in its area. Instead of listening to my scanner all the time I can listen to it when a major incident occurs as soon as it's dispatched. If I were you I'd check it out: Building informed communities or the web version at PulsePoint Foundation

So far it is present in:
Wake County EMS (All Fire/EMS calls)
Mecklenburg County EMS (Traffic collisions are the only things shown?)
Pitt County EMS (All Fire/EMS calls from what I can tell)

Let me know if anyone has any questions about it, I have used it for a while and love it!

Bonus points to OpenMHZ https://openmhz.com/systems for being 1000 times better than broadcastify in Wake county, I use this all the time to filter talkgroups if I don't have my scanner.

 

[murrayustud]

Great post, I, as a former paramedic just downloaded it!

 

[OnYourSix]

Been using this for a few months now, its great. I'm interested in the behind the scenes though; its a free app, are they getting free access to the paging terminals to be able to send all of this? Its a not-for-profit company?

 

[N2YQT]

They also have a verified responder version that gives you way more call details, addresses, and other pertinent info like tac assignments. Our system is paid for through the county OES. It also ties in locations of public accessible defibrillators.

 

[OnYourSix]

Can you send a screen shot of what a call looks like for the verified responded version? Maybe block out the address?

They also have a verified responder version that gives you way more call details, addresses, and other pertinent info like tac assignments. Our system is paid for through the county OES. It also ties in locations of public accessible defibrillators.

 

[2154]

Been using this for a few months now, its great. I'm interested in the behind the scenes though; its a free app, are they getting free access to the paging terminals to be able to send all of this? Its a not-for-profit company?

It works similar to an Active911 type setup and has to be sponsored/setup through the county EOC. They can then set it up to whatever type of calls they want to send out to it. It does take a good bit to setup and there is a pretty substantial setup cost and regular subscription fee of which typically the county has to pay to it and is how it is provided free to the end users.

 

[OnYourSix]

I'm fortunate that my County is paying for it! It is very cool, always wondered why nothing like this was ever thought of before!

It works similar to an Active911 type setup and has to be sponsored/setup through the county EOC. They can then set it up to whatever type of calls they want to send out to it. It does take a good bit to setup and there is a pretty substantial setup cost and regular subscription fee of which typically the county has to pay to it and is how it is provided free to the end users.

 

[N2YQT]

Can you send a screen shot of what a call looks like for the verified responded version? Maybe block out the address?

Here is a sample. If they transport, it will show the destination.

 

[OnYourSix]

That's very cool @N2YQT ! Thank you!

 

[BCasto]

Thank you. Just downloaded it. Will give it a try.

 

[RF-Burns]

Iredell County is in the process of setting up Pulse Point, I've been told it should be up in the next two weeks.

 

[zapman987]

Wake County EMS (All Fire/EMS calls)

FYI It does NOT have pure "fire dept" calls in the Cary/Apex/Morrisville area. It does cover their EMS responses, but if its only fire their system is separate from Wake and does not include info to it unless Wake is sending EMS. Its also not just Wake EMS but any Wake fire (except the above). So if its a fire only call as long as its not in CAM, it will be on there.

Second OpenMHZ, very useful for all sorts of NC places, has a lot of Viper coverage as well as other systems.

Theres also a side-along app for Pulsepoint, to mark-locate AEDs. Its useful if you have in your work/church/school/etc to mark it on the map with notes of exactly where in the bldg it is.