FindMe

The three digits telephone number '911' has been designated as a nationwide number that provides the public a fast and easy access to reach for emergency assistance. It is designed to handle a fair amount of calls at a given time, but is limited to the number of agents at the call centers.

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During an event of natural disaster, this communication network could be overwhelmed and conjested. This telephone number would immediately pop up in the heads of people with concerns or in danger. At times like these, it is crucial that urgent emergencies receive priority attention. We understand that people could be desperate in finding out whether they are safe, or who they could reach for help during natural disasters.

 

Therefore, we created the web, tablet and mobile application FindMe that allows people with concerns and/or suffering from less life-threatening situations to report their physical conditions and look-up emergency services locations. FindMe also provides locations of real-time evacuation orders and alerts issued by the EmergencyInfoBC. We hope that FindMe could help alleviate the tension at the 911 call center and provide the public with crucial information about situations of the event. FindMe saves time for authorities, emergency service personnels and other first responders to locate these victims and reduce the time needed to search for them.