Systems and user interfaces for emergency data integration
Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media providing emergency data to public safety answering points (PSAPs). Also provided are systems, methods, and media for utilizing location data and geofences to provide emergency data to PSAPs and interactive graphical displays to efficiently display relevant emergency data.
1. A method for providing emergency response assistance by an emergency management system (EMS), the method comprising:
establishing an active communication link between the EMS and an emergency service provider (ESP);
receiving an emergency alert generated by an electronic device, the emergency alert comprising emergency data comprising a current location and a device identifier associated with the emergency alert;
identifying, from a plurality of ESPs, the ESP to receive the emergency data based on the current location;
after identifying the ESP to receive the emergency data and establishing the active communication link between the EMS and the ESP, automatically transmitting the emergency data to the ESP for display of, within a graphical user interface (GUI) of an emergency response application at the ESP, (i) the device identifier as an incident within a list of incidents and (ii) the current location within an interactive map as a first incident location associated with the incident;
receiving an updated location associated with the emergency alert and generated by the electronic device; and
providing the updated location to the ESP for display, within the GUI of the emergency response application, as a second incident location associated with the incident within the interactive map, wherein the first incident location and the second incident location provided by the emergency response application are displayed simultaneously within the interactive map of the emergency response application after user selection of the incident.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selection of the incident comprises clicking on the incident within the list of incidents or clicking on the first incident location or the second incident location within the interactive map.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second incident locations are displayed within the interactive map simultaneously in response to a selection of a historical locations button within the GUI of the emergency response application.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the selection of the historical locations button within the GUI of the emergency response application prompts the emergency response application to simultaneously display all incident locations associated with the incident.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the selection of the historical locations button within the GUI of the emergency response application prompts the emergency response application to simultaneously display a predetermined maximum number of incident locations associated with the incident.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first incident location and the second incident location are visibly distinct.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first incident location and the second incident location are different colors.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the ESP as appropriate to receive the emergency data based on the current location comprises:
automatically accessing a plurality of geofences associated with the plurality of ESPs from a geofence database, the plurality of geofences comprising a geofence associated with the ESP; and
determining that the current location is within the geofence associated with the ESP.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying one or more data layers within the GUI of the emergency response application, the one or more data layers comprising one or more of a traffic data layer, a weather data layer, a social media data layer, a sensor data layer, or an emergency services data layer.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is an Internet of Things (IoT) or wearable device.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the active communication link is established between the EMS and the ESP through the emergency response application.
12. An emergency management system (EMS) configured for delivering emergency data to an emergency service provider, the EMS comprising at least one processor, a memory, and instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to:
establish an active communication link between the EMS and the emergency service provider (ESP);
receive an emergency alert generated by an electronic device, the emergency alert comprising emergency data comprising a current location and a device identifier associated with the emergency alert;
identify, from a plurality of ESPs, the ESP to receive the emergency data based on the current location;
after identifying the ESP to receive the emergency data and detecting the active communication link established between the EMS and the ESP, automatically transmit the emergency data to the ESP for display of, within a graphical user interface (GUI) of an emergency response application, (i) the device identifier as an incident within a list of incidents and (ii) the current location within an interactive map as a first incident location associated with the incident;
receive an updated location associated with the emergency alert and generated by the electronic device; and
provide the updated location to the ESP for display, within the GUI of the emergency response application, as a second incident location associated with the incident within the interactive map, wherein the first incident location and the second incident location are provided to the emergency response application to be displayed simultaneously within the interactive map of the emergency response application in response to user selection of the incident.
13. The emergency management system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is caused to:
automatically access a plurality of geofences associated with the plurality of ESPs from a geofence database, the plurality of geofences comprising a geofence associated with the ESP; and
determine that the current location is within the geofence associated with the ESP, thereby determining the ESP to receive the emergency data based on the current location.
14. The emergency management system of claim 12 , wherein the emergency response application is configured to display one or more data layers within the GUI, the one or more data layers comprising one or more of a traffic data layer, a weather data layer, a social media data layer, a sensor data layer, or an emergency services data layer.
15. The emergency management system of claim 12 , wherein the active communication link is a websocket connection established between the EMS and the ESP through the emergency response application.