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Author Henry Agsten
Title Effects of Smartphone-Based Alerting on Reducing Arrival Times for Volunteer Fire Departments Type Conference Article
Year 2020 Publication ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings – 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Abbreviated Journal Iscram 2020
Volume Issue Pages 990-994
Keywords Volunteer Fire Departments; Time Reduction; Inefficiencies; Smartphone Application
Abstract This practitioner paper describes the efforts of a volunteer fire department in Germany to reduce the time to arrive at a place of emergency. It presents the former situation, identifies reasons for delays and highlights the volunteers' first years in utilizing an existing smartphone application for alert and response as a mean to optimize their times of arrival. The paper finally evaluates the effects of the application's usage.
Address Alarm Dispatcher Systems GmbH,Dresden, Germany
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Virginia Tech Place of Publication Blacksburg, VA (USA) Editor Amanda Hughes; Fiona McNeill; Christopher W. Zobel
Language English Summary Language English Original Title
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Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 978-1-949373-27-89 ISBN 2411-3475 Medium
Track Technologies for First Responders Expedition Conference 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Notes ha@alarm-dispatcher.de Approved no
Call Number Serial 2290
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