Emergency service

There can sometimes be tension between services for a number of other reasons, including professional versus voluntary crew members, or simply based on area or division.

[3] Smart Emergency Response System (SERS)[4] prototype was built in the SmartAmerica Challenge 2013–2014,[5] a United States government initiative.

The project was featured at the White House in June 2014 and called an exemplary achievement by Todd Park (U.S. Chief Technology Officer).

The SmartAmerica initiative challenges the participants to build cyber-physical systems as a glimpse of the future to save lives, create jobs, foster businesses, and improve the economy.

SERS allows organization to submit help requests to a MATLAB-based mission center connecting first responders, apps, search-and-rescue dogs, a 6-feet-tall humanoid, robots, drones, and autonomous aircraft and ground vehicles.

The command and control center optimizes the available resources to serve every incoming requests and generates an action plan for the mission.

In addition, the autonomous rotorcrafts, planes, and ground vehicles are simulated with Simulink and visualized in a 3D environment (Google Earth) to unlock the ability to observe the operations on a mass scale.

Police, fire, and medical services at the scene of a traffic collision in New South Wales , Australia
Multiple emergency services at the scene of a traffic accident in Vaughan, Ontario
Lifeguards on duty at Santa Monica State Beach in Los Angeles County, California
Ski patrol team at Ski Montcalm in Quebec , Canada
Park ranger in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park , Uganda
Indian Coast Guard and Sri Lanka Coast Guard vessels fighting a ship fire
EPA staff coordinate with local agencies in 2014 environmental disaster simulation
Timely responses by emergency services are crucial. In this image, a Nevada State Police cruiser leaves a police station with its lights and sirens on.