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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Sullivan County Dispatcher receives ‘Superstar Award'
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Sullivan County Dispatcher Wendy Doran received a 'Superstar Award' on Monday after helping a father save his infant child from drowning in December. Doran, who was previously presented a 'Lifesaving Award' for her actions, used new technology called Rapid Deploy. MORE: Sullivan County Dispatcher Wendy Doran receives Lifesaving Award 'It's really, really a good technology,' Doran said. 'I enjoy using the Rapid Deploy map and then with the technology of video, it does assist us to see what's going on when there's so much other interference at the call.' Rapid Deploy sent the father a link on his phone that allowed Doran to observe the infant's actions. Doran successfully instructed the father to retrieve a syringe to extract water from the infant's mouth. The infant began breathing, and an EMS crew arrived shortly afterward. 'We started Rapid Deploy with a view to reducing response times to save lives,' Rapid Deploy CEO Steve Raucher said. 'That's the mission of the company. So every bit of technology that we build should shave time off our response and add more information to the first responder and improve their safety too.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Associated Press
24-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Edison Partners Exits RapidDeploy To Motorola Solutions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. & PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 24, 2025-- Growth equity firm Edison Partners announced today the exit of its investment in RapidDeploy to Motorola Solutions, the leading provider of cloud-native next-generation 911 mapping, mobile and analytics solutions for public safety agencies. Financial terms were not disclosed. Read Motorola Solutions' announcement here. The Austin, TX-based company empowers public safety agencies across the United States with real-time intelligence to enhance emergency response and decision-making. RapidDeploy's cloud-native solutions integrate with an ecosystem of partners and applications, connecting millions of data points to deliver critical, life-saving information to public safety centers. Since 2016, RapidDeploy's technology has expanded to serve over one thousand six hundred 911 centers across 23 states, with 13 statewide contracts, democratizing public safety with cloud-native SaaS solutions. 'We are so pleased with the growth trajectory and strategic opportunity for RapidDeploy after making our initial $20M growth investment in 2023. We recognized that RapidDeploy had a unique ability to lead in a historically challenging space for new entrants,' said Chris Sugden, managing partner at Edison Partners. 'With the support of Edison's value creation resources, including Edison Director Network member Jo Kinsella, to advance the company's market leadership position, RapidDeploy CEO Steve Raucher and his team have taken the company to new heights and, with their state-of-the-art NextGen 911 technology, they've made our country's emergency response system stronger.' RapidDeploy represents one of multiple portfolio companies that support Edison's investment thesis around digitizing critical infrastructure. Two additional recent investments supporting this theme include a $15M investment made in Seismos, an AI-driven technology firm using sound to make energy production safer, cleaner and more efficient, and a $43M growth investment in 120Water, a digital water solution helping the country's 50,000 state and local water utilities to protect public health through water safety, compliance, and wastewater monitoring programs. Further, in 2021, Edison invested in Recycle Track Systems which provides on-demand refuse removal to fully integrated waste management solutions, helping companies and municipalities easily track and optimize their services. +1.917.287.3626 SOURCE: Edison Partners Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 02/24/2025 07:11 AM/DISC: 02/24/2025 07:11 AM
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Motorola Solutions acquires RapidDeploy, a cloud-native Next Generation 911 solution provider for public safety
CHICAGO, February 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has acquired RapidDeploy, a complementary cloud-native 911 solution provider for public safety, based in Austin, Texas. RapidDeploy's advanced Next Generation 911 (NG911) product suite accelerates emergency response and enhances decision-making. The suite includes Radius Mapping, precise real-time call location mapping that allows for faster and more focused dispatch of emergency resources. Its companion mobile application, Lightning, gives first responders direct access to critical 911 call data on their smartphones or tablets. Eclipse Analytics helps Public Safety Answering Points measure 911 call response times, queue times and provide the right levels of staffing based on expected call volumes. "In a crisis of any magnitude - a vehicle accident, medical emergency or active shooter - every second counts during the emergency response," said Mahesh Saptharishi, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Motorola Solutions. "RapidDeploy's technology connects first responders with critical information so they can reach those in need faster and be more prepared, saving valuable time in emergencies." Using RapidDeploy, 911 telecommunicators gain access to real-time data, including a caller's GPS location, indoor floor plans, and communications like text, chat messaging and live video streams, which can be shared directly with a first responder in the field. RapidDeploy currently integrates with Motorola Solutions' Rave suite to aggregate public safety data, intelligence sharing and notification capabilities to enhance the workflow of telecommunicators and first responders during critical emergencies. With this acquisition, Motorola Solutions and RapidDeploy will help ensure public safety agencies have better access to data and increased situational awareness during emergency response so they can better serve their communities. Motorola Solutions expects to integrate RapidDeploy's technology into its VESTA 911 call handling software and AI-powered VESTA NXT platform to further enhance telecommunicator speed and efficiency. RapidDeploy currently supports over 1,600 PSAPs/emergency communications centers in 24 states. "We are honored to join Motorola Solutions, a company that shares our commitment to public safety and our mission of saving lives by reducing response times," said Steve Raucher, co-founder and CEO, RapidDeploy. "Together, we will continue to accelerate innovation in 911 technology, helping to make NG911 smarter, more unified and seamlessly integrated to empower first responders and help save more lives." Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. About Motorola Solutions | Solving for safer Safety and security are at the heart of everything we do at Motorola Solutions. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the collaboration that's critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Learn more about our commitment to innovating for a safer future for us all at Motorola Solutions Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable federal securities law. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and generally include words such as "believes," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimates" and similar expressions. The company can give no assurance that any actual or future results or events discussed in these statements will be achieved. Any forward-looking statements represent the company's views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing the company's views as of any subsequent date. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results or events discussed in these statements to differ materially from the statements contained in this release. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, Motorola Solutions' ability to integrate the products and services into its portfolio and offerings to customers. Motorola Solutions cautions the reader that the risks and uncertainties below, as well as those in Part I Item 1A of Motorola Solutions' 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in its other SEC filings available for free on the SEC's website at and on Motorola Solutions' website at could cause Motorola Solutions' actual results or events discussed in these statements to differ materially from those estimated or predicted in the forward-looking statements. Many of these risks and uncertainties cannot be controlled by Motorola Solutions and factors that may impact forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, Motorola Solutions' ability to successfully integrate and operate RapidDeploy. Motorola Solutions undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement or risk factor, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 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