I have a new app thanks to my co-worker. It's called Pulse Point and my children think it makes me the snoopiest person on the earth. I don't think I'm snoopy - I just feel the need to be informed. When you download Pulse Point, you select which fire department to follow and then what notifications you want to receive. I know where every accident, emergency response call, structure fire and wild fire are happening at all times in my community. I can even listen to the dispatcher if I choose to. If you are CPR certified you can turn that notification on and respond yourself if you're close by. A parent volunteer who works as a dispatcher told me that this has happened. Someone with this app saw that a person in the store next to the one he was at needed CPR and he was able to help. I'm not going that far so I guess you could call me an armchair firefighter/paramedic! We're all safer that way....
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