Mayor Garcetti Announces New Public Safety App
Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the LAFD’s deployment of PulsePoint, a free mobile app that registers people trained in CPR who get alerted when someone nearby needs help, potentially dramatically reducing the time when CPR begins and saving lives when seconds count.
“This app connects trained lifesavers who may already be on scene with people who need immediate help, when seconds count the most,” Mayor Garcetti said. “My back to basics agenda is focused on implementing technologies that can make a difference in ways that are most important to our residents, and there is no greater priority than emergency response. I want to see this app activate an army of civilian first responders across Los Angeles,” Mayor Garcetti said.
See below press release issued by the Los Angeles Fire Department for more information:
Los Angeles Fire Department Partners with PulsePoint Foundation Brings Lifesaving Technology to Angelenos via 9-1-1 Integrated Smartphone App
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has joined with the PulsePoint Foundation and The Wireless Foundation to bring life-saving technology to Angelenos via PulsePoint, a mobile app designed to increase citizen awareness of cardiac events beyond a traditional “witnessed” area and engage them in potentially life-saving CPR.
The partnership was formally launched Wednesday, March 4th at an event at Woodrow Wilson High School in El Sereno where 120 students became CPR trained. Fire Chief Ralph M. Terrazas was joined by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, LAUSD ESC-East Superintendent Roberto Martinez, PulsePoint Foundation President Richard Price and The Wireless Foundation Executive Director Athena Polydorou to discuss the LAFD’s rollout of the free PulsePoint app.
“This app connects trained lifesavers who may already be on scene with people who need immediate help, when seconds count the most,” Mayor Garcetti said. “My back to basics agenda is focused on implementing technologies that can make a difference in ways that are most important to our residents, and there is no greater priority than emergency response. I want to see this app activate an army of civilian first responders across Los Angeles,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. (Full story at LAmayor)
