September 15, 2026
RapidSOS and the PulsePoint Foundation Partner to Connect 911 Directly to the Nation's Registry of Life-Saving Emergency Resources
New Integration Gives 911 Telecommunicators Real-Time Access to Registered AEDs, Naloxone, Epinephrine, and Bleeding-Control Kits
RapidSOS, the leading public safety AI company, today announced a new integration with the PulsePoint Foundation, which hosts and administers the National Emergency AED + Resource (NEAR) Registry. The integration connects RapidSOS directly to the NEAR Registry's database of AEDs, naloxone (Narcan), epinephrine, and bleeding-control kits, giving 911 telecommunicators immediate access to public-safety vetted life-saving resources during an emergency. Telecommunicators can use this information to direct callers to the appropriate resources—without leaving their existing workflow.
The integration is live today across RapidSOS, including its free tier, and is available to any Emergency Communications Center (ECC) nationwide at no additional cost. Georgia is the latest state to deploy it at scale, driven by the Mason Sells AED Coordination Act (SB399), which requires 911 to have access to an AED registry. The NEAR Registry is the national standard meeting that requirement.
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August 31, 2026
RapidSOS adds NEAR Registry integration, empowering telecommunicators to guide callers to nearby AEDs
The RapidSOS Unite platform provides emergency telecommunicators with immediate access to AEDs and lifesaving resources near the precise location of a 911 caller.
Sudden cardiac arrest is far more survivable when a bystander uses an AED before EMS arrives, but most people don't know where the nearest one is in the moment — especially callers who are panicked or in an unfamiliar location. 911 telecommunicators guiding callers to nearby AEDs can improve outcomes, but that requires emergency communication centers to have immediate access to AED locations during call handling.RapidSOS is answering that need with a live integration with the National Emergency AED + Resource (NEAR) Registry. Emergency telecommunicators using RapidSOS Unite can now surface…Filed Under: News, Highlights | Tagged With: 911 AED Registry, AED, AED Locator, AED Registry API, AED Registry, Automated External Defibrillator, bleeding control kit locations, bystander AED use, Cardiac Arrest Survival Rate, emergency resource registry, emergency telecommunicator training, NEAR Registry API, epinephrine locator, NEAR Registry, National Emergency AED + Resource Registry, naloxone locator, opioid overdose response, RapidSOS Unite, RapidSOS Unite integration, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, telecommunicator AED guidance, T-AED
August 31, 2026
PulsePoint Foundation Announces Integration with Genasys Protect to Expand Community Emergency Alerting
The PulsePoint Respond app provides a familiar community-facing channel for automatic distribution of Genasys mass notifications.
PulsePoint Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that develops technology to help public safety agencies create lifesaving partnerships with their communities, today announced an integration with Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in Protective Communications®. The integration embeds Genasys Protect® alerts and advisories directly within the PulsePoint Respond app, reaching users in 5,775 communities at launch.
Genasys Protect empowers emergency managers to target specific geographic zones with timely, actionable information and guidance during wildfires, flooding, hazardous material incidents, and other public safety threats.
Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights, News | Tagged With: community alert, evacuation, flooding, Genasys, Genasys Protect, hazardous materials, hazmat, IPAWS, mass notifications, multi-channel alerting, real-time alerts, situational awareness, Tynan Heller, wildfires, zone-based alerting, zone map
March 18, 2026
PulsePoint Foundation and Critical Response Group Announce Integration Bringing Nationwide CRG Incident Plans to PulsePoint Professional Responders
PulsePoint announced an integration with Critical Response Group (CRG), the nation’s leader in critical incident mapping data. Through the integration, the nationwide catalog of CRG's Collaborative Response Graphics® appear directly within PulsePoint Respond incident maps, equipping responding personnel with actionable intelligence for pre-incident planning and real-time response.
CRG’s critical incident mapping provides situational awareness for multi-agency response in complex structures and during large-scale events. Professional responders in more than 5,500 PulsePoint-connected communities now have access to these highly detailed standardized emergency response maps directly within the same application they rely on for critical information during incident response and coordination.
Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights, News | Tagged With: Critical Response Group, CRG, Incident Mapping, Preplans, Pre-incident Planning, situational awareness, Emergency Response Maps, Unified Command, Incident Collaboration, Critical Infrastructure, Incident Planning, Incident Action Plan, IAP, Michael Melhorn
January 15, 2026
Alachua County’s bystander CPR rates save lives, study finds
A study University of Florida Health researchers published recently in the Journal of Clinical Medicine shows that following the local activation of PulsePoint, an app that alerts CPR-trained individuals about a nearby cardiac event, rates of bystander CPR performed outside a hospital setting significantly increased in Alachua County.
Filed Under: News, Highlights, Case Study | Tagged With: Alachua County, American Heart Association, Bystander CPR, University of Florida Health, Cardiac Arrest Research, PulsePoint Study, PulsePoint Research, PulsePoint Effectiveness, Community CPR App, Torben Becker, UF College of Medicine, 911-connected App, Chain of survival, UF Health, Emily Mavrakis
December 4, 2025
PulsePoint and ZOLL Accelerate Growth of National Emergency AED Registry, Helping More Communities Locate and Use Devices When Seconds Count
‘Anyone Can Register’ mobilizes volunteers and AED stakeholders to add community devices nationwide, building a comprehensive, validated registry
The PulsePoint Foundation and ZOLL®, an Asahi Kasei company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, including automated external defibrillators (AEDs), announces a new initiative, Anyone Can Register.
The program will rally volunteers, AED owners, and AED manufacturers to expand NEAR so AED locations nationwide are known and recommended during cardiac emergencies. Launching in February 2026 during American Heart Month, the initiative is part of ZOLL’s national Anything Can Happen. Anyone Can Help.™ campaign, which works to close the gap between CPR awareness and action by showing that AEDs do more than deliver a shock. They guide bystanders with step-by-step CPR instructions and can help improve outcomes for cardiac arrest patients.
Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights | Tagged With: ZOLL, National Emergency AED Registry, NEAR, AED Registration, AED Map, 911 AED, 911 AED Registry, Anyone Can Register, Asahi Kasei, AED Management, American Heart Month, Anything Can Happen. Anyone Can Help., CPR Awareness, AED Awareness, cardiac arrest, Nearest AED, Elijah White, National AED registry, 911 Telecommunicators, T-AED, Telecommunicator AED, AED Response, aed.new, PulsePoint AED, AED Emergency Response, Marcia Gray
December 1, 2025
Data-Driven AED Optimization Pilot Through CARES + NEAR Collaboration
Unified platform enables emergency response teams, public health agencies, and community partners to view OHCA incidents alongside AED availability.
Communities need clear, actionable insight to determine where Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) will have the greatest impact. To support this, the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) and the National Emergency AED Registry (NEAR) are launching a pilot that integrates real-world cardiac arrest data with verified AED location data. This effort will help agencies identify coverage gaps and optimize AED deployment.
The unified platform will enable emergency response teams, public health agencies, and community partners to view OHCA incidence alongside AED availability, helping direct devices where they can have the greatest impact and enhance the chain of survival.
Filed Under: News, Highlights | Tagged With: CARES, Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival, NEAR Registry, National Emergency AED Registry, AED Optimization, AED Placement, Automated External Defibrillators, AED, Cardiac Arrest Locations, AED Locations, AED Grants, AED Planning, AED Coverage Gaps, Evidence-based AED Optimization, Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit, AED Map, AED Management, AED Registry, Cardiac Arrest Registry, National AED registry, 911 AED Registry, T-AED, Telecommunicator AED
November 24, 2025
Anchorage, Alaska Wins 2025 PulsePoint AED Contest
Anchorage Fire Department receives five ZOLL® AED 3 Defibrillators and a SaveStation Cabinet to place in the community.
The PulsePoint Foundation, a public non-profit 501(c)(3), announced that the Anchorage Fire Department has won the 2025 PulsePoint AED Contest, winning five ZOLL® AED 3 defibrillators and a SaveStation outdoor cabinet providing the first 24/7-accessible ZOLL AED placed in the community.
The contest took place during the month of October, Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, and was eligible to any community using PulsePoint AED to locate and register AEDs. The Anchorage Fire Department collectively registered 132 at locations throughout the greater Anchorage area.
Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights | Tagged With: Anchorage Fire Department, AED Contest, ZOLL, ZOLL AED 3, SaveStation, AED Cabinet, 24/7 AEDs, Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, NEAR Registry, National Emergency AED Registry, National AED registry, 911 AED, 911 Telecommunicators, 911 AED Registry, cardiac arrest, Defibrillator, Defibrillator Registry, Emergency AED Registry, Douglas Schrage, Michael Levy, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, OHCA, Bystander CPR, Bystander Engagement, AED-Needed Alerts
October 30, 2025
Coro Medical and PulsePoint Partner to Donate 10 Lifesaving AED Packages During Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
Partnership through Project AED365 rewards PulsePoint responders and helps to build the National Emergency AED Registry (NEAR)
Coro Medical, a leader in life-saving medical devices, announced a new Project AED365 partnership with the PulsePoint Foundation to strengthen community readiness for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). From October 22–31, Coro Medical will donate 10 automated external defibrillator (AED) packages to PulsePoint Respond users who have acted in a CPR or AED-needed emergency.
The partnership coincides with October's Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month and supports PulsePoint's ongoing mission to increase community engagement in cardiac arrest response.
Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights | Tagged With: Coro Medical, Project AED365, AED, Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, ZOLL, ZOLL AED 3, HSI, Remote Skills Verification, LifeVac, Automated External Defibrillator, National Emergency AED Registry, NEAR, NEAR Registry, AED Registry, Travis Harris, AED Contest, PulsePoint AED, 911 AED Registry, 911 dispatchers, 911 AED, Telecommunicator AED, T-AED, Shannon Smith, AED Donation, Safe Life
September 26, 2025
Watch Duty and PulsePoint Partner to Provide Critical Wildfire Updates
Watch Duty and PulsePoint today announced a new collaboration that connects PulsePoint vegetation fire incidents with corresponding Watch Duty incidents—combining the strengths of both platforms to provide a more complete picture for those affected by a wildfire. The partnership brings together two trusted nonprofit organizations that exist to inform and support communities when emergencies strike.
By joining forces, the organizations are partnering to deepen the help and power of community members to access timely and actionable information when it matters most.
Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights | Tagged With: Watch Duty, Wildfire, Vegetation Fire, John Mills