An iPhone application designed by Northern Kentucky University students is being used by West Coast residents to track emergency activity as it happens in their community.
Students in the Infrastructure Management Institute at NKU's College of Informatics worked on an app for California's San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District over the course of several months, said Chris Rider, senior technology architect for the institute.
The app, which is called "Fire Department," is free at Apple's App Store. It provides a "virtual window" into the district's 911 dispatch center, according to www.firedepartment.org. iPhone users can see the current response status of the area's dispatched units and are able to "instantly pinpoint incident locations on an interactive map."
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