PulsePoint app debuts in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska's largest city is the newest member of a long list of cities across the U.S. utilizing technology to increase pub...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska's largest city is the newest member of a long list of cities across the U.S. utilizing technology to increase public safety.An app called PulsePoint connects to 911 emergency services and launched in Anchorage on Friday. The app allows CPR-trained citizens in the area to respond to alerts of cardiac events, provides an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) database and alerts community members of emergency activities, according to a press release issued by the Anchorage Fire Department, Chugiak Fire Department and Girdwood Fire Department on Friday.