Streetlight control for emergency response

A centralized streetlight management system, comprising:

• a receiver configured to:
• receive, from a user device over a cellular network, information corresponding to a request for assistance, the information comprising geographical position data, and
• receive, from one or more computing devices associated with an assistance-providing authority, information indicating dispatch of assistance;
• a controller configured to:
• determine, based on the received information comprising the geographical position data, a location of the user device, and
• identify at least one streetlight corresponding to the location;
• and
• a transmitter configured to transmit, based on the received information corresponding to the request for assistance, information corresponding to the location of the user device to the one or more computing devices associated with the assistance-providing authority and one or more control signals to the at least one streetlight corresponding to the location of the user device,
• wherein the request for assistance is based on user-input received through a user-interface displayed on the user device, and
• wherein the one or more control signals comprise instructions to change a lighting mode of the streetlight from a first lighting mode to a second lighting mode.

One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage devices storing instructions executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

• presenting, on a display associated with a user device, a user interface for requesting assistance;
• receiving user-input indicative of a request for assistance;
• transmitting, over a cellular network, information corresponding to the request for assistance, the information being addressed to a centralized streetlight management system that is configured to control a lighting mode of at least one streetlight in response to the request for assistance;
• receiving confirmation indicating dispatch of assistance in response to the request;
• and
• responsive to receiving the confirmation, displaying, on the user device, a graphical representation of the confirmation.