Saving Lives Matters: Blount County Saves Lives of Lost Hikers Across Tennessee State Lines with RapidDeploy Technology
04/25/2023
Next Generation 911 technology is improving outcomes - RapidDeploy Radius Mapping pinpointed the caller’s location, when other solutions like their CHE and other tools were not able to locate the caller
Blount County E-911 received a distressed call from a mobile device, reporting that a group of hikers were lost, injured, and had very little water and food
Leveraging commercial and statewide authoritative GIS data and location technology with Radius Mapping, they were able to see that the hikers transversed to another trail and state entirely - and were not on the path they believed they were on
Blount County in Tennessee contacted Graham County in North Carolina to let them know where to find the missing hikers, who were long overdue. “Without the help of RapidDeploy, we would not have been able to obtain the hikers GPS coordinates and contact Graham County 911. “
James B. Long, Blount County E-911
NG911 solutions provide critical information and the technology integrations needed to drive better outcomes. Today, RapidDeploy Radius Mapping solution is leveraged by 1,500+ emergency communications centers for:
Location Accuracy: Mobile location data to pinpoint callers using mobile location
GIS Data: NG9-1-1 GIS platform leverages Esri Geospatial Cloud and authoritative GIS data
Situational Awareness: Unified map for all data sources built to save lives
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