2024-09-20 –, LAB 3
Can matrix be used to coordinate emergency services? Is it worth, waiting for their colleagues to arrive at the department or should they not waste any more time? Current solutions mostly are proprietary and those few that support messaging are trying to reinvent the wheel. Using the power of matrix's application service API, Alertrix aims to provide a solution to this problem.
If an emergenc arises, every second counts. For voluntary first responders this means, they need to decide if it is worth to wait for more colleagues to arrive at the department, or to finally get at least some help to those in need. More and more fire departments in germany are looking for applications, that provide a bidirectional communication channel in addition to the one-way TETRA alerts to answer the question of how long it takes for each of them to arrive at the department.
Using the application service API, Alertrix aims to extend matrix with this functionality and provide emergency services with a full communication platform for secure emergency communication and feature-rich every-day training coordination.
As a student and passionate firefighter and open source enthusiast, I am very happy to have gotten the chance, to develop a solution to this problem with the financial support of PrototypeFund.
Student, Developer of Alertrix, Voluntary Fire Fighter since 2018