Patent ID: 8095410
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A62B,G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method of optimizing a responder's route to a target location, the method comprising: identifying, via dispatcher equipment, a plurality of available responding units to respond to an event at a first location; identifying, via the dispatcher equipment, capability requirements of the event; eliminating, via the dispatcher equipment, identified available responding units whose capabilities do not meet the capability requirements of the event; identifying, via the dispatcher equipment, a target location associated with the first location; identifying, via the dispatcher equipment, a second location associated with each remaining available responding unit; after the elimination: selecting, via the dispatcher equipment, an optimal one of the available responding units dependent on the analyses; and conveying, via the dispatcher equipment, instructions to the selected optimal responding unit to follow the corresponding determined optimal route determined for the selected optimal responding unit.