Emergency services & AED mapping
Chances are you have heard a story about someone who suffered from a cardiac arrest but lived thanks to an Automated External Defibrillator (or AED). In case of a cardiac arrest, minutes can literally mean the difference between life and death. That is why many emergency services organisations use AED mapping to locate the AED […]
How can Waze data contribute to the work of emergency services?
Data, data, data… You hear it everywhere: data is power. And we are all about bringing power to emergency response… That’s why in April 2017 EENA joined forces with Waze (the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app) to evaluate how Waze data can contribute to the work of emergency services. Four European pilot sites […]
Make room for the next big thing on AML
Over the last years, Advanced Mobile Location (AML) has been transforming emergency response from the old continent to the land down under and beyond. Android Emergency Location Service, or ELS (Google’s version of AML) has been live since 2016. Since March 2018, AML is also supported on iPhone. The life-saving technology is here to stay. […]
EENA Awards Heroic Icelandic Drone Rescue
The European Emergency Number Association (EENA), the Brussels-based public safety NGO, and DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, celebrated yesterday how drones have saved lives in complicated rescue missions, and announced they are extending their research partnership to further integrate drones into rescue operations. At EENA’s annual 112 Awards ceremony […]
EENA – Corti Pilot Project: The Artificial Intelligence that can save lives over the phone
Today at the annual EENA Conference, EENA and leading AI developer Corti announced a call for applications for emergency services control rooms to take part in an exciting new project. The project has the potential to save thousands of lives and change forever the way emergency medical calls are handled. What is the project about? […]
OnStar Europe receives the EENA Certificate of Quality for TPS Providers
The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) announces that OnStar Europe Ltd. is the first company to be awarded the EENA Certificate of Quality specifically created for Third Party Services (TPS) Providers handling vehicle-based emergency requests. The Standard was developed to maximise the quality of TPS emergency call services for European citizens. For the first time, […]
Joined up thinking on emergency apps : Call for applications
There are hundreds of emergency apps in use across Europe, but they can currently only be used locally. In 2018, this should be a cause for alarm, so public safety organisation, EENA, together with Beta 80, Deveryware and the Developers Alliance, is going to do something about it. At the annual EENA Conference, this year […]
Mobile Identity: Platform for the Emergency Services
Mobile devices are now a primary communication channel for many citizens and account for over 70% of all emergency calls. They are used to identify consumers for many services, such as banking, but how can they be used to save lives? Working alongside mobile location, Mobile Identity seeks to provide relevant information to emergency services […]
NG112 and the new Emergency Services Networks Landscape
The evolution of telecommunication technologies has significantly changed the way people communicate and multimedia capabilities are available everywhere. This evolution has also reached the emergency networks ecosystem in different areas. How will this new landscape impact emergency services networks? The new EENA document analyses the new landscape of emergency services networks from different points of […]
European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism
On the European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism, we commit to continue doing our small part to reduce the number of victims of terrorist attacks. Less than 6 months ago, we marched in Brussels in honour of victims and in support of emergency services. Thank you to all those who joined us to […]