Responder network

An emergency services interface configured to receive real-time incident data from connected devices and communicate the real-time incident data directly to selected appropriate emergency call centers, the emergency services interface being configured to:

• receive a request for volunteer assistance from a first selected one of the emergency call centers, the request for volunteer assistance including an identification of a location of an incident for which assistance is desired;
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• in response to the receipt of the request for volunteer assistance, send an incident network notification message to a responder network server, the incident network notification message including the identification of the location of the incident, wherein the responder network server, is configured to identify and notify at least one of (a) a set of medical devices, and (b) a set of volunteer responders, of the incident.

A method of transmitting selected incident data from a medical device to selected medical personnel or facilities, the method comprising:

• at a medical device network server, electronically receiving the selected incident data from the medical device;
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• electronically transmitting the selected incident data from the medical device network server to an emergency services interface that is configured to communicate with a multiplicity of different emergency call centers, the emergency services interface being further configured to receive real-time incident data from connected devices and communicate the real-time incident data directly to appropriate ones of the emergency call centers, the emergency services interface being configured to electronically transmit the selected incident data to a selected emergency call center capable of electronically transferring the selected incident data to the selected medical personnel or facilities.

A method of handling a request for volunteer assistance using an emergency services interface that is configured to communicate with a multiplicity of different emergency call centers, the emergency services interface being further configured to receive real-time incident data from connected devices and communicate the real-time incident data directly to appropriate ones of the emergency call centers, the method comprising:

• receiving at the emergency services interface, the request for volunteer assistance from a first selected one of the emergency call centers, the request for volunteer assistance including a location of an incident for which assistance is desired;
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• in response to the receipt of the request for volunteer assistance from the first selected one of the emergency call centers, sending an incident network notification message from the emergency services interface to a responder network server, the incident network notification message including the location of the incident, wherein the responder network server, is configured to identify and notify at least one of (a) a set of medical devices, and (b) a set of volunteer responders, of the incident.