Interactive emergency information and identification systems and authentication methods

A system, comprising:

• an interactive emergency information and identification system configured to:
• receive, by a processor, information about an emergency situation;
• receive location information representing locations of a plurality of civilian user devices, each civilian user device being associated with a civilian;
• determine, based on the location information, which of the civilian user devices are located within a bounded geographical area encompassing a geographical location of the emergency situation;
• transmit a first subset of the information about the emergency situation to the civilian user devices located within the bounded geographical area;
• and
• transmit a second subset of the information about the emergency situation to a first responder user device associated with a first responder, the second subset of the information about the emergency situation including a current safety status of at least one civilian;
• a first application executing on the civilian user devices, the first application configured to:
• receive the first subset of the information about the emergency situation;
• and
• display to the civilian user the first subset of the information about the emergency situation;
• and
• a second application executing on the first responder user device, the second application configured to:
• receive the second subset of the information about the emergency situation;
• and
• display to the first responder the second subset of the information about the emergency situation and a graphical map showing the locations of the plurality of civilian user devices respective to the location of the emergency situation.

A computer-implemented method for interactive emergency information and identification, which method comprises:

• receiving, by a processor, information about an emergency situation;
• transmitting a first subset of the information about the emergency situation to a first application executing on a first responder user device associated with a first responder of a first type;
• transmitting a second subset of the information about the emergency situation to a second application executing on a second first responder user device associated with a first responder of a second type different than the first type, wherein the second subset of the information about the emergency situation is different than the first subset of the information about the emergency situation, wherein the second subset of the information about the emergency situation includes a location of at least one civilian user device and a current safety status of at least one civilian;
• and
• displaying, on a single screen of the second application, a graphical map showing the location of the at least one civilian user device and the current safety status of the at least one civilian.

A computer-implemented interactive emergency information

• and identification method, the method comprising:
• receiving, with an interactive emergency information and identification system, emergency location information describing a geographical location of an emergency;
• receiving, with the interactive emergency information and identification system, first device location information from a user device associated with an individual;
• determining, with the interactive emergency information and identification system, whether the user device is located within a geo-fence based on the first device location information, the geo-fence encompassing a geographical area including the geographical location of the emergency;
• if the user device is determined to be in the geo-fence, transmitting, with the interactive emergency information and identification system, a request for second device location information to the user device, the second device location information being different than the first device location information and representing at least one beacon disposed within a multi-floor structure at least partially within the geo-fence;
• receiving, with the interactive emergency information and identification system, the second device location information;
• determining, with the interactive emergency information and identification system and based on the received second device location information, on which floor of the multi-floor structure the user device is located;
• and
• displaying, on a display device, a graphical map showing a location of the user device within the multi-floor structure based on the received second device location information.