PulsePoint

Mobile App 

Retired Fire Chief Mike Duyck stated, “We are honored to bring this lifesaving tool to this region. TVF&R’s cardiac survival rates are some of the highest in the nation and this technology is another way in which we can, in partnership with our community, save even more lives.”

PulsePoint website

Download our free smartphone app and help us save lives. See and hear our incidents in real time.

TVF&R thanks San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District for the creation of this innovative and life-saving application.

Set-up

During your install, choose “Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (OR)" from the list of participating fire agencies.

Press Release 

Features

On January 29, 2013, TVF&R became the first fire department in Oregon to implement the PulsePoint application. This smartphone app alerts subscribers who have indicated they are CPR-trained to a sudden cardiac arrest event. The alert is triggered by our 9-1-1 center at the same time that our firefighter EMTs and paramedics are dispatched. The app uses advanced GPS technology to notify subscribers within a quarter mile of a cardiac arrest event.

PulsePoint screenshot

”CPR trained” can be knowing how to administer Hands-Only CPR (no rescue breaths) or traditional CPR (with rescue breaths). Learn more on our CPR and AED section.

The app also directs subscribers to the location of the closest public access automated external defibrillator (AED). The app is only activated for cardiac arrest events in public places (not a private home). The PulsePoint app also provides a virtual window into TVF&R’s emergency activity. Users can view active incidents and dispatched units, and pinpoint incident locations on an interactive map.

Users also can choose to be notified of incidents by type and monitor emergency radio traffic via this modern version of the traditional fire scanner.

AED Database

Businesses, schools, and other public sites with an AED are asked to add your information to the PulsePoint AED app or online HERE. This information will be shared in PulsePoint and for any responding user.