Patent Document ID: 20070055559
Application ID: 10255901
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for managing the process of dispatching firefighters in response to calls for assistance, comprising the steps of: (A) providing instructions to a firefighter dispatcher, including instructions to inquire for specific information, receive said specific information and to use said specific information in said method to determine a determinate value; (B) receiving a call for firefighter assistance; (C) inquiring for specific information; (D) instructing a caller in determining the type of call; (E) determining if the caller is in danger and upon determining that a caller is in danger routing the process to a critical caller process, the critical caller process including, inquiring if the caller is entrapped, inquiring as to the location of the caller, and instructing the caller to safety if safe to do so (F) using a computer processing unit to assign a determinate value to said call, said determinate value establishing the criticality of said call for firefighter assistance based on a continuum, wherein said determinate value further includes indicia indicating the type of call; and (G) directing a dispatch of firefighter assistance based on said determinate value.