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STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK
File #540-60
CITY COUNCIL
DATE:August 21, 2012
TO:
Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:
Joni Pattillo, City Manager
SUBJECT:
PulsePoint Smartphone Application
Prepared by Bonnie Terra, Division Chief, Fire Marshal
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Alameda County Fire Department will provide an informational report on the new
PulsePoint Smartphone Application.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive the informational report from the Alameda
County Fire Department.
Submitted By Reviewed By
Fire Marshal Assistant City Manager
DESCRIPTION:
The Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD) has launched PulsePoint, a new state-of-the-art
Smartphone Application (App). The ACFD is the first fire department in Alameda County and
only the third fire department in the world to launch PulsePoint, an innovative, Global Positioning
System (GPS) powered iPhone and Android App which allows community members to provide
life-saving assistance to victim of Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
The application was made possible by funding from the Alameda County Emergency Medical
Services Agency. App subscribers that have indicated they are trained in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) can now be alerted if someone nearby is having a cardiac emergency and
may require CPR. If the cardiac emergency is in a public place, the App, using advanced GPS
technology, will notify community members in the vicinity of the need for CPR. The App also
directs the “community responder” to the exact location of the closest public access Automated
External Defibrillator (AED).
ITEM NO. 3.5
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NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
This is an informational report. Noticing is not required.
ATTACHMENTS:
None
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