Device and method for electronically deploying responders

A method for reducing duplication of arrival routes to an incident scene for a plurality of incident responders, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a controller, via a communication interface, a location of an incident;
• identifying, at the controller, respective locations of at least two communication devices associated with respective responders;
• selecting, at the controller, using a map database accessible to the controller, different respective routes from the respective locations to the location of the incident for each of the at least two communication devices, the different respective routes selected to reduce duplication therebetween;
• providing, using the controller, the different respective routes to each of the at least two communication devices;
• and
• receiving, at the controller, via the communication interface, from the at least two communication devices, one or more of audio data and video data associated with the different respective routes, the one or more of the audio data and the video data received after the different respective routes have been provided to each of the at least two communication devices.