Communication between responders

A server for communicating among responders from a plurality of responder agencies, the server comprising:

• a processor;
• a network interface;
• and
• one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server to:
• receive an indication of a location of a first computing device of a first responder, each of the first computing device and a first remote computing device being associated with a first responder agency among the plurality of responder agencies;
• receive an indication of a location of a second computing device of a second responder, each of the second computing device and a second remote computing device associated with a second responder agency among the plurality of responder agencies;
• determine that the first computing device is located at an event in accordance with the received indication of the location of the first computing device;
• determine that the second computing device is located at the event in accordance with the received indication of the location of the second computing device;
• receive authorization from the first remote computing device of the first responder agency and the second remote computing device of the second responder agency to permit direct communication between the first computing device and the second computing device, the authorization permitting the direct communication between the first computing device and the second computing device when the first computing device is responding to the event and the second computing device is responding to the event;
• and
• in response to receiving the authorization and in response to determining that the first computing device is located at the event and that the second computing device is located at the event, establish a communication link between the first computing device and the second computing device, wherein the established communication link:
• permits the direct communication between the first computing device and the second computing device;
• and
• permits push-to-talk audio communications to be sent and received between the first computing device and the second computing device via the established communication link.

A remote computing device for communicating among responders from a plurality of responder agencies, the computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• a network interface;
• and
• computer-readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, are configured to cause the remote computing device to:
• receive an indication of a location of a first computing device of a first responder, each of the first computing device and the remote computing device being associated with a first responder agency among the plurality of responder agencies;
• determine that the first computing device is located at an event in accordance with the received indication of the location of the first computing device;
• send authorization via the network interface to permit direct communication between the first computing device and a second computing device of a second responder associated with a second responder agency, the authorization permitting the direct communication when the first computing device and second computing device are determined to be located at the event;
• receive a copy of communications between the first computing device and the second computing device, the communications sent and received via a communication link established in response to the authorization;
• and
• store the copy of the communications between the first computing device and the second computing device for evidentiary purposes, wherein the communications between the first computing device and the second computing device include push-to-talk audio communications.