IDENTIFYING EMERGENCY RESPONSE VALIDITY AND SEVERITY
One example method of operation may include identifying a plurality of emergency reporting entities located at an emergency location based on one or more received emergency communications, determining whether one or more of the emergency reporting entities have provided valid emergency response data, determining a level of severity of the emergency response data, and transmitting one or more notifications to one or more emergency response entities based on the level of severity and a type of emergency.
1 . A method comprising
identifying a plurality of emergency reporting entities located at an emergency location based on one more received emergency communications;
determining whether one or more of the emergency reporting entities have provided valid emergency response data;
determining a level of severity of the emergency response data; and
transmitting one or more notifications to one or more emergency response entities based on the level of severity and a type of emergency.
2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising
determining whether the emergency reporting entities are different and at least one emergency reporting entity is an automated sensor and at least one additional emergency reporting entity is a mobile device; and
responsive to determining the emergency reporting entities are different, determining the emergency communications have provided valid emergency response data.
3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising
determining additional data is required to identify the type of emergency;
forwarding a request for additional data to one or more additional emergency reporting entities different from the plurality of emergency reporting entities; and
determining the type of emergency via response data received from the one or more additional emergency reporting entities.
4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising
initiating an emergency response time window based on the type of emergency and the level of severity;
transmitting notifications to the one or more emergency response entities based on the type of emergency and the level of severity; and
determining whether additional non-emergency response entities should be notified of the emergency.
5 . The method of claim 4 , comprising
determining the one or more emergency response entities are likely to fail a response scenario within the response time window; and
responsive to the likely failure of the response scenario, determining the additional non-emergency response entities should be notified of the emergency.
6 . The method of claim 5 , comprising
periodically receiving updated information from one or more of the non-emergency response entities; and
determining whether the response scenario is satisfied based on the updated information, wherein the updated information comprise one or more of location data, sensor data, textual information, video information, audio information and image information.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether one or more of the emergency reporting entities have provided valid emergency response data comprises determining whether sensor data received has exceeded a safety sensor threshold.
8 . An apparatus comprising
a processor configured to
identify a plurality of emergency reporting entities located at an emergency location based on one or more received emergency communications;
determine whether one or more of the emergency reporting entities have provided valid emergency response data;
determine a level of severity of the emergency response data; and
transmit one or more notifications to one or more emergency response entities based on the level of severity and a type of emergency.
9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to
determine whether the emergency reporting entities are different and at least one emergency reporting entity is an automated sensor and at least one additional emergency reporting entity is a mobile device; and
responsive to the emergency reporting entities being different, determine the emergency communications have provided valid emergency response data.
10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to
determine additional data is required to identify the type of emergency;
forward a request for additional data to one or more additional emergency reporting entities different from the plurality of emergency reporting entities; and
determine the type of emergency vi response data received from the one or more additional emergency reporting entities.
11 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to
initiate an emergency response time window based on the type of emergency and the level of severity;
transmit notifications to the one or more emergency response entities based on the type of emergency and the level of severity; and
determine whether additional non-emergency response entities should be notified of the emergency.
12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to
determine the one or more emergency response entities are likely to fail a response scenario within the response time window; and
responsive to the likely failure of the response scenario, determine the additional non-emergency response entities should be notified of the emergency.
13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to
periodically receive updated information from one or more of the non-emergency response entities; and
determine whether the response scenario is satisfied based on the updated information, wherein the updated information comprise one or more of location data, sensor data, textual information, video information, audio information and image information.
14 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the determination as to whether one or more of the emergency reporting entities have provided valid emergency response data comprises the processing being further configured to determine whether sensor data received has exceeded a safety sensor threshold.
15 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform
identifying a plurality of emergency reporting entities located at an emergency location based on one or more received emergency communications;
determining whether one or more of the emergency reporting entities have provided valid emergency response data,
determining a level of severity of the emergency response data, and
transmitting one or more notifications to one or more emergency response entities based on the level of severity and a type of emergency.
16 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform
determining whether the emergency reporting entities are different and at least one emergency reporting entity is an automated sensor and at least one additional emergency reporting entity is a mobile device; and
responsive to determining the emergency reporting entities are different, determining the emergency communications have provided valid emergency response data.
17 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform
determining additional data is required to identify the type of emergency;
forwarding a request for additional data to one or more additional emergency reporting entities different from the plurality of emergency reporting entities, and
determining the type of emergency via response data received from the one or more additional emergency reporting entities.
18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform
initiating an emergency response time window based on the type of emergency and the level of severity:
transmitting notifications to the one or more emergency response entities based on the type of emergency and the level of severity; and
determining whether additional non-emergency response entities should be notified of the emergency.
19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform
determining the one or more emergency response entities are likely to fail a response scenario within the response time window; and
responsive to the likely failure of the response scenario, determining the additional non-emergency response entities should be notified of the emergency.
20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform
periodically receiving updated information from one or more of the non-emergency response entities; and
determining whether the response scenario is satisfied based on the updated information, wherein the updated information comprise one or more of location data, sensor data, textual information, video information, audio information and image information.