P.E.I. Firefighters Association says new call-location technology has already been useful [Video]

The P.E.I. Firefighters Association says new technology will make it easier to find people experiencing emergencies — especially those in remote locations. It shows responders the 911 caller’s location on a map. CBC’s Sheehan Desjardins reports.

Fire departments across P.E.I. have implemented new technology that makes responding to emergencies called in using a cellphone much faster and more accurate.

It’s called RapidSOS, and it shares the location of incoming 911 calls to give first responders more pinpointed information about where an emergency is.

Departments expect it to help them get to the scene much faster when there’s no civic address nearby — for example, when someone is out on a boat, in a forest or a large farm field, or at a major outdoor concert.

Tim Jenkins of the P.E.I. Firefighters Association said it’s already proved useful in the month since it’s been operating here.

“It could easily save you …