Interactive emergency information and identification systems and authentication methods

1. A computer-implemented method for interactive emergency information and identification, which method comprises:

receiving an emergency notification from a first application executing on a first responder user device, the emergency notification including information describing a geographical location of an emergency situation;

receiving location information representing locations of a plurality of civilian user devices, each civilian user device being associated with a civilian;

determining, based on the location information, which of the civilian user devices are located within a bounded geographical area encompassing the geographical location of the emergency situation;

transmitting the information describing the geographical location of the emergency situation to a second application executing on the civilian user devices located within the bounded geographical area, wherein the information describing the geographical location of the emergency situation is displayed by the second application;

transmitting information about each of the civilian user devices located within the bounded geographical area to the first application executing on the first responder user device, the information about each of the civilian user devices including a current safety status of at least one civilian, wherein the information about each of the civilian user devices is displayed by the first application;

generating a graphical map showing the locations of the plurality of civilian user devices respective to the location of the emergency situation; and

displaying, on a single screen of the first application, the graphical map and the information about each of the civilian user devices.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the current safety status of the at least one civilian includes a plurality of current safety statuses for respective civilians associated with the civilian user devices located within the bounded geographical area; and

wherein the plurality of current safety statuses is displayed in a graphical list by the first application.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of current safety statuses in the graphical list are graphically differentiated based on the respective current safety statuses.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting information about each of the civilian user devices includes transmitting the location information representing the locations of the plurality of civilian user devices located within the bounded geographical area.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the location information representing the locations of the plurality of civilian user devices located within the bounded geographical area is displayed within the graphical map by the first application executing on the first responder user device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from at least one of the plurality of civilian user devices within the bounded geographical area, information describing the emergency situation; and

transmitting the information describing the emergency situation to the first application executing on the first responder user device.

7. A system, comprising:

an interactive emergency information and identification system configured to:

receive, by a processor, information about an emergency situation;

receive location information representing locations of a plurality of civilian user devices, each civilian user device being associated with a civilian;

determine, based on the location information, which of the civilian user devices are located within a bounded geographical area encompassing a geographical location of the emergency situation;

transmit a first subset of the information about the emergency situation to the civilian user devices located within the bounded geographical area; and

transmit a second subset of the information about the emergency situation to a first responder user device associated with a first responder, the second subset of the information about the emergency situation including a current safety status of at least one civilian;

a first application executing on the civilian user devices, the first application configured to:

receive the first subset of the information about the emergency situation; and

display to the civilian user the first subset of the information about the emergency situation; and

a second application executing on the first responder user device, the second application configured to:

receive the second subset of the information about the emergency situation; and

display to the first responder the second subset of the information about the emergency situation and a graphical map showing the locations of the plurality of civilian user devices respective to the location of the emergency situation.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the second application executing on the first responder user device is further configured to receive login credentials via a user interface on the first responder user device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the amount of information in the second subset of the information about the emergency situation is based on the login credentials.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the login credentials identify the first responder associated with the first responder device.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the second application is further configured to transmit an emergency notification to the interactive emergency information and identification system, the emergency notification including the geographical location of the emergency situation.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the interactive emergency information and identification system is further configured to receive the emergency notification and transmit the information describing the geographical location of the emergency situation to the civilian user devices located within the bounded geographical area.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first application executing on the civilian user devices is further configured to prompt the civilian associated with the respective civilian user device to input a current safety status.

14. The system of claim 13 ,

wherein the second subset of the information about the emergency situation includes a plurality of current safety statuses for respective civilians associated with the civilian user devices located within the bounded geographical area.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the second application executing on the first responder user device is further configured to display the plurality of current safety statuses in a graphical list that visually differentiates the plurality of current safety statuses based on the respective current safety status.

16. A computer-implemented method for interactive emergency information and identification, which method comprises:

receiving, by a processor, information about an emergency situation;

transmitting a first subset of the information about the emergency situation to a first application executing on a first responder user device associated with a first responder of a first type;

transmitting a second subset of the information about the emergency situation to a second application executing on a second first responder user device associated with a first responder of a second type different than the first type, wherein the second subset of the information about the emergency situation is different than the first subset of the information about the emergency situation, wherein the second subset of the information about the emergency situation includes a location of at least one civilian user device and a current safety status of at least one civilian; and

displaying, on a single screen of the second application, a graphical map showing the location of the at least one civilian user device and the current safety status of the at least one civilian.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first responder of the first type is associated with a law enforcement agency, and wherein the first responder of the second type is associated with civilian building management.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first subset of the information about the emergency situation includes more detail about the emergency situation than the second subset of the information about the emergency situation.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first responder of the first type and the first responder of the second type are differentiated based on login credentials input into the respective first and second applications.

20. A computer-implemented interactive emergency information

and identification method, the method comprising:

receiving, with an interactive emergency information and identification system, emergency location information describing a geographical location of an emergency;

receiving, with the interactive emergency information and identification system, first device location information from a user device associated with an individual;

determining, with the interactive emergency information and identification system, whether the user device is located within a geo-fence based on the first device location information, the geo-fence encompassing a geographical area including the geographical location of the emergency;

if the user device is determined to be in the geo-fence, transmitting, with the interactive emergency information and identification system, a request for second device location information to the user device, the second device location information being different than the first device location information and representing at least one beacon disposed within a multi-floor structure at least partially within the geo-fence;

receiving, with the interactive emergency information and identification system, the second device location information;

determining, with the interactive emergency information and identification system and based on the received second device location information, on which floor of the multi-floor structure the user device is located; and

displaying, on a display device, a graphical map showing a location of the user device within the multi-floor structure based on the received second device location information.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the second device location information is based on a transceiver in the user device detecting that the user device is proximate to the at least one beacon.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the transceiver is a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transceiver.

23. The method of claim 20 , wherein the first device location information is based on GPS signals received by the user device.