Emergency Response

I was thumbing through a two year old issue of a magazine* and saw this interesting paragraph in the advertisement put in by an IT Multinational:

"Following the terrorist attacks of March 2004, the city (of Madrid) developed a new Emergency Response Center. So today, when a citizen witnesses an accident and places an emergency call, the system simultaneously alerts the police, the ambulance service and , if needed, the fire brigade. This smart system can recognize if alerts from several different sources relate to a single or multiple incidents, and assign the right resources based on the requirements coming from the ground."

* Time, July 20, 2009.