Houston Emergency Radio app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Lancaster Decisions, LLC
First release : 05 Aug 2011
App size: 11.42 Mb
Mobile access to the Houston public WebCAD information.
Nationwide radio feeds let you listen to all emergency responders in Houston, Texas as well as the rest of the United States. Feeds include Police, Fire, and EMS through emergency dispatchers and between first responders.
Houston Emergency Radio geolocates live emergency incident responses for the Houston metropolitan area and other municipalities. Find the location and description of current fire, EMS, and traffic incidents. Live radio stream lets you listen to the events as they unfold. While listening, Houston Emergency Radio shows you where the incident is, describes what is happening, and provides the details of who is involved.
Houston Emergency Radio also provides invaluable information while travelling. By knowing the location of potential traffic problems, you can plan your route to avoid the possible delays.
Features include:
- Access to multiple live radio streams for Police, Fire, and EMS in Houston, Texas
- Social network sharing lets you post incident information on facebook, twitter, by text message, and by email.
- Map showing current location of all fire, traffic, and other emergency incidents
- Popup window showing type of incident and responding units
- List view of all current emergency incidents with a list of first responders, their location and the response time
- Information is automatically refreshed every five minutes so that you can follow the information as it changes and know when the emergency has cleared.
- Map Icons clearly indicate the type of incident.
- Detail window describing the nature of the incident, time that it occurred, location, and easily viewed list of responding units.
- Zoom from detail screen to individual incident location on map.