Computer Aided Dispatch
A control-room system for taking calls, prioritising incidents and sending the nearest available unit, with every step time-stamped.
- aCall-taking and incident triage on one screen
- bLive unit status and location on the map
- cA time-stamped record of every incident for reporting
Illustration of a dispatch console: a queue of three incidents ordered by priority, a map showing incident locations and ambulance units, and a board of unit statuses. Choose an incident in the queue to see its assigned unit on the map.