Patent ID: 8923799

Claim:
A method for handling emergency responses, comprising: displaying, in response to an activation input, a plurality of graphics at the same time in a graphical user interface, each of the graphics corresponding to a different dispatch scheme for responding to an incident, each of the dispatch schemes corresponding to a different type of emergency response and having rules that define a set of emergency responder options, and each of the emergency responder options having a fixed number and combination of initial emergency responders from different emergency agencies based on the type of emergency response and the geographical area associated with the incident; receiving an input to select one of the plurality of graphics and its corresponding dispatch scheme; identifying multiple emergency responders for the selected dispatch scheme based on the respective set of emergency responder options by determining availability of the initial emergency responders and determining availability of a next emergency responder only when one or more of the initial emergency responders is unavailable, wherein the initial emergency responders and the next emergency responder are selected based at least in part on a location of the respective emergency responder and dynamic calculations to a location of the incident that take into account traffic and road considerations, and wherein the location of the respective emergency responder is updated using navigation system information; and generating, based on the selected dispatch scheme, one or more signals to be utilized by a computer-aided dispatcher (CAD) to generate electronic broadcast instructions that are to be wirelessly transmitted to the identified emergency responders.